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Houston Chronicle seeks an assistant biz editor

The Houston Chronicle seeks an experienced assistant business editor to run a team of talented reporters covering a variety of beats, including retail, real estate, airlines and the private space industry.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

Excellent writing and reporting.
Experience managing reporters with abilities ranging from entry level to late career.
Creativity and sophistication in developing story ideas.
The ability to publish quickly and accurately to the web and report deeply for print.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and clips to Business Editor Al Lewis at al.lewis@chron.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.