Houston Chronicle seeks an energy reporter

The Houston Chronicle seeks an experienced energy reporter to cover the oil and gas industry.

This is one of the Chronicle’s most important beats, reporting on Houston’s most important industry at a crucial time for the sector. It requires a versatile, nimble and digitally savvy journalist to report not only on some of the biggest companies in the world, but also market and industry trends. The job requires a reporter who can move from short-web posts to fast-breaking dailies to deeply reported enterprise.

Our focus is breaking news and smart enterprise that wins subscribers and brings them back for our journalism.

Send resume and five best clips to Rob Gavin, business editor, rob.gavin@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.