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MLex seeks a White House reporter

MLex is looking for a senior reporter to cover the White House for a new publication: White House Watch. The White House senior reporter must be a newsroom leader who helps guide MLex coverage of the Trump administration. The senior reporter must:

— Have or establish a reputation as a key player in legal and regulatory news and a reliable source of exclusive information.

— Identify travel priorities and work with the managing editor to see to it that limited resources are deployed to greatest effect.

— Set coverage priorities, identifying key issues and covering those issues with minimal supervision.

— Provide creative analysis of events, illuminating context and big-picture trends.

— Provide commentary that relies on exclusive sourcing or insight.

— Discuss legal strategies in the context of precedent and politics.

— Offer predictive insight into regulatory risk.

— Assist researchers to ensure that case files are properly maintained.

— Collaborate with other reporters to share expertise.

Requirements:

— MLex senior reporters typically have advanced degrees in journalism or law, or comparable experience. Ten years of journalism experience, including coverage of the White House, is preferred.

Please send resumes to Tony Cooke, managing editor, MLex North America, at cooke@mlex.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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