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Kentucky paper seeks biz reporter

The Paducah Sun has an opening for a business news reporter. Two years or more of reporting experience preferred.

Candidate should possess a natural interest in business and business publications, and be comfortable with earnings reports, business terminology and numbers. Tasks include writing for the Sun’s Sunday Business section, the monthly Four Rivers Business Journal, coverage of breaking news and development of enterprise stories about business and trends. Weekend and night work occasionally will be required.

The Paducah Sun is an 18,000 circulation morning newspaper and the flagship publication 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 37.5-hour work week and opportunities to advance.

Please email resumes and qualifications to: Duke Conover, executive editor, at dconover@paducahsun.com. No postal or telephone inquiries, please.

The Paducah Sun is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.

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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