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Illinois paper seeks business reporter

The Pantagraph, an award-winning newspaper in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, is seeking an energetic self-starter to cover the business beat for our newspaper, website and monthly business magazine.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

Strong storytelling skills
Ability to sift through jargon to make business issues interesting and relevant to readers
Ability to develop sources and story ideas
Ability to juggle daily and long-term assignments, meet deadlines and generate coverage quickly for our website and social media
Ability to look beyond the meeting or press release to find enterprises stories
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 1-2 years’ of newsroom experience
Business writing experience a plus, but not essential

Candidate must be willing to work a Tuesday through Saturday shift, with Saturdays as a general assignment reporter.

Bloomington-Normal is a growing, diverse economy, home to a Fortune 500 insurance company, an automotive manufacturer, a regional airport and an abundance of small businesses.

Applicants should include a resume, cover letter and 4-6 writing samples.

Apply here.

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.