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Houston Chronicle seeks Fortune 500 reporter

The Houston Chronicle is looking for an energetic and experienced reporter to cover a diverse array of non-energy related Fortune 500/1000 companies, including some giants such as Sysco, Waste Management, KBR, Group1 Automotive and Quanta Services.

This reporter can cherry-pick the best stories from these and smaller companies for a great range of business news, enterprise and features. The successful applicant will be able to dig into a 10k, digest complex deals, and write compelling narrative.

Houston is a booming metropolitan region, home to the nation’s energy center and the biggest medical complex in the country.

Please send resume and portfolio to Business Editor Laura Goldberg at laura.goldberg@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.

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