NY Times seeks ag business reporter

The American agricultural industry contributes $1 trillion to our GDP, but remains relatively under-reported and under-covered as a business.

The New York Times is looking for an enterprising, aggressive reporter to take on this beat and examine the companies, people, policies, issues and trends that shape farming today and the industries and communities with which it’s interconnected.

This reporter must be able to:

-Develop a wide network of sources within agriculture companies and industry

-Spot and execute a range of stories, from breaking news to enterprise and investigative stories

-Write with clarity and color and context

-Write with the interests of general readers in mind

-Collaborate with other Times reporters

-Embrace editing

-Be a self starter

This job will be located in the Midwest.

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.