San Antonio Express-News seeks business of health care reporter

The San Antonio Express-News is seeking a versatile journalist with knowledge of healthcare including public health, business and regulation to cover the industry as a member of its Business reporting team. It’s a big job: Healthcare and biosciences employ one of every six residents and generated an annual economic impact of $42.4 billion in 2020, making it the largest industry sector in San Antonio!

The Healthcare Reporter will serve a digital-first audience to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the industry, its ties to local, state and federal government and the military, and its broad impacts across South Texas. The beat combines traditional business and government reporting with consumer journalism and requires the ability to competitively turn a breaking news story and write enterprise off that news when warranted.

Reporting to the Business Editor, the reporter will have responsibility for coverage of:

Public and private healthcare-focused organizations and associated educational institutions
Military healthcare
Regional nonprofit and for-profit health systems
New developments and trends in treatment, health research and education
Healthcare sector employment, growth, economic impact and regulation
Biotech (in collaboration with Technology Reporter)

Within those broad topics, the beat includes coverage of these institutions:

South Texas Medical Center
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
University of Texas Health Science Center
Advanced Research Projects for Health Texas hub
Brooke Army Medical Center
University Health System

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.