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Minnesota business paper seeks reporter

Finance & Commerce, a daily business newspaper focused on covering real estate, construction and development in the Twin Cities and Minnesota, has an opening for a general assignment reporter.

This job requires a versatile journalist who relishes plunging into our core topics, learning the basics and turning comprehensive stories driven by tough questions that a niche audience demands.

Other requirements: skepticism; curiosity; a body of published work that shows an ability to engage, explain and enlighten readers; demonstrated ability to break news; experience in highly productive newsrooms; accustomed to working under intense deadline pressure.

Desired: experience working with public records; computer-assisted reporting skills; knowledge of commercial real estate, business and economic development.

To apply, send a cover letter that explains why you are the best person for this job, a resume, and five work samples to careers@thedolancompany.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.

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