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Knoxville paper seeks assistant business editor

The Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel is seeking an assistant business editor to lead a staff in print, online and breaking news coverage.

Business news is a successful franchise topic for the media company, and its properties include six daily business sections, knoxvillebiz.com, a monthly Business Journal and annual directory of local companies and organizations.

The assistant business editor will work with an executive business editor, as well as other section editors, and a dedicated staff of four multimedia journalists to create and execute print and online strategies.

The successful candidate will serve as a player/coach by creating content and also working with other editors in assigning, selecting, editing and publishing stories and associated photography and graphics.

Candidates should have proven leadership and organizational skills, as well as the ability to function as a team leader and a team player. To apply, send resume, clips and references by Feb. 6, 2015, to Amy Nolan, c/o News Sentinel newsroom, 2332 News Sentinel Drive, Knoxville TN 37921-5761.

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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