Full-Time

Oregon paper seeks a growth and development reporter

The Bend (Ore.) Bulletin is seeking an experienced reporter with a demonstrated ability to deliver high-impact, relevant stories about growth, development and transportation in a fast-growing region with many pressures on its housing and transportation systems.

The heart of this beat is an understanding that covering growth development and transportation isn’t just writing about roads and buildings. This beat is about covering issues that are intricately woven into residents’ lives — where they live and if they can afford it; how they get around and if they can do so safely; how government policy, monied interests and even 50-year-old land use policies affect daily decisions in Central Oregon’s fastest growing cities.

The ideal candidate will be a watchdog reporter who continually examines issues that are critical to our readership, including the city of Bend’s housing, land use and transportation policies. But the right candidate will go beyond policy and analyze how systems and decisions affect the way people live, work and get around in Central Oregon.

Research ability and experience working with public document databases and filing public records requests is required. Knowledge of city, county and state government practices and procedures is preferred.

Ideally this person will have experience using social media and multimedia components to complement their stories. We’re looking for someone who can engage with readers.

This position is full time at 37.5 hours per week and includes benefits.

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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