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Michigan paper seeks business reporter

The Lansing State Journal, a Michigan.com and Gannett Company, is seeking an experienced reporter who goes beyond traditional business coverage to focus particularly on new businesses, entrepreneurship, shop local, farm to table, etc.

Coverage of franchise topics such as General Motors and development will be a part of this beat, but not the primary function. This is an enterprising beat, with daily, mid-level and in-depth reporting expectations. The business transformation reporter is expected to engage daily with readers through social media, stories and other outreach.

Qualified candidates will have:

Bachelor’s in Communications, Journalism or equivalent in experience and education.
Experience with news reporting on multiple platforms.

Qualified candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and work samples by email to ekulhanek@lsj.com.

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.