Full-Time

Las Vegas Sun seeks business and gaming reporter

The Las Vegas Sun and Greenspun Media Group are seeking a Business and Gaming Reporter to cover developments on the Las Vegas Strip, gaming, local government, transportation and more.

We’re seeking an experienced, energetic, and inquisitive reporter for the job, which comes with an opportunity to quickly become one of the most widely followed journalists in our market. If something significant happens in Las Vegas, you’ll report on it.  This is a vibrant time in Southern Nevada.

Our successful candidate will have at least two years of experience covering business or news in a midsized city or large metro, and the ability to produce content ranging from quick turnarounds on breaking news stories to long-form narratives.

In addition, the candidate will have excellent writing skills, a competitive nature, a collaborative personality, be able to self-direct and get the story even when primary sources aren’t available to assist.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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