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Houston Chronicle seeks finance and economics writer

The Houston Chronicle seeks an experienced business news reporter to cover a wide range of stories on the finance and economics beats.

The job requires a versatile reporter who can dissect the balance sheets of publicly traded companies, develop sophisticated sources, keep pace with shifting international trade policies, understand complex economic trends, and write for a general newspaper audience.

Must be able to write quickly for the web and deeply for print.

Send resume and writing samples to Al Lewis, Business Editor 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.