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Illinois daily seeks business reporter

The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, Ill., AM, 38K Mon-Sat, 41K Sun) is seeking an enterprising business reporter to cover local business news and make national business/economic trends relevant to a local audience.

The successful candidate should have two or more years of business writing experience. The business reporter will be expected to help on other beats as needed.

Candidates with experience in other media forms (e.g., Web, social media, video, podcasting, online chats) will be given preference.

A 35-hour work week, including night hours and weekends. Wages commensurate with experience (our lowest rate is $17.30/hour).

Send resume, clips and cover letter to Karen Hampton, Human Resources, The News-Gazette, P.O. Box 677, Champaign, IL 61824-0677, or e-mail the same credentials to humanresources@news-gazette.com. Please put “Business Reporter” in the subject line.

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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