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GrowthSpotter.com seeks an editor

The Orlando Sentinel is seeking an experienced Senior Content Editor to lead GrowthSpotter.com, which covers Metro Orlando’s dynamic real-estate market and related development.

Publishing five days a week since May 2015, GrowthSpotter is a premium digital subscription service for a niche audience of real estate professionals, including developers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, brokers, bankers and attorneys. This is a salaried managerial position, which involves supervising and editing a small team of reporters and freelancers, while also covering a beat to produce two or more stories per day.

The person in this position maintains GrowthSpotter’s high standard for daily news coverage; edits to ensure there are no errors in spelling, punctuation or AP style; manages social media and a daily newsletter; and serves as the brand’s lead ambassador by attending relevant public events.

Job Qualifications: Degree from a four-year college or university, and five years or more of related journalism experience required. Experience covering real estate development and local government planning and zoning process is desired.

How to Apply: If interested and qualified, please email a resume, cover letter and up to five relevant news clips to Mark Skoneki at mskoneki@orlandosentinel.com

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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