New Mexico daily seeks business reporter

Farmington Daily Times The Daily Times, a member of the USA Today Network, is seeking an experienced reporter to cover Energy and Business beats in Farmington, New Mexico.

Part of the job entails covering businesses and business trends in the Four Corners communities. Energy extraction and issues including the supply of electricity, from coal plants to wind turbines, are covered in our news magazine, Energy. This reporter also coordinates and writes for our lively monthly supplement, the Four Corners Business Journal.

You may also be called upon to work on national or regional projects as part of the USA Today Network.

The successful candidate will have: the proven ability to write cleanly and accurately with an engaging style; the ability to work well under pressure, and; multimedia skills that include basic iPhone video editing, SEO optimization and networking within the community.

Required: A minimum of one year of professional experience at a media outlet. College stations or publications do not count.

The Daily Times is the newspaper of record for Farmington, Aztec, Bloomfield and many other surrounding communities. The Four Corners region is rich with cultural history, outdoor adventures and some of the best fly fishing waters in the country. It’s also a short drive to the ski slopes or rivers in the Durango, Colorado, area.

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.