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Kentucky paper seeks biz reporter

The Paducah Sun has an opening for a Business Reporter. Two years or more of reporting experience preferred. Candidate should possess a natural interest in business and business publications, and be comfortable with business terminology and principles.

Task includes writing for the Sun’s Sunday Business section, the monthly Four Rivers Business Journal, coverage of breaking news and development of enterprise stories about local businesses and trends.

The Paducah Sun is an 18,000 circulation morning newspaper and the flagship publication of Paxton Media Group LLC, which publishes more than 30 daily newspapers in the Southeast and Midwest. Benefits include 401(k) with company match, choice of health plans, a 37.50 hour work week and opportunities to advance.

Send resumes and qualifications to Business News Reporter, c/o Janice Johnson, The Paducah Sun, 408 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah KY 42002-2300, or jjohnson@paducahsun.com. No telephone inquiries please.

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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