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Louisiana daily seeks sports business/enterprise reporter

The Shreveport Times, a Gannett newspaper in Louisiana, seeks a sports business and enterprise reporter.

This reporter covers the business of sports from efforts to grow local professional teams to attracting tournaments and other events and their impact on the local economy and tourism. This reporter also will cover the business of the Independence Bowl and the Regional Sports Commission with an emphasis on watchdog reporting and keeping an eye on how taxpayer dollars are spent.

And, he/she will hold college athletic department accountable for how they use their money, craft budgets and spend subsidies. This reporter also will be a team player occasionally pinch-hitting in regular sports coverage and breaking news.

In addition to providing rich, diverse daily coverage suitable for sports, 1A or other sections, he or she regularly contributes content for special sports publications and produces video. This reporter also researches, writes and reports compelling journalism that continuously grows a fan base by informing and engaging readers.

Acts as a public ambassador through community outreach and connects with readers through social media. Provides thoughtful analysis of complex issues. Produces watchdog journalism that leads to change. Works with the content coach, content strategists and audience analysts to shape storytelling to meet audience needs and interests on every platform.

Contributes to the community’s greater good through impactful journalism.

To apply, go 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.

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