Orlando Sentinel seeks health biz reporter

The Orlando Sentinel is looking for a reporter to cover local health news for print and online.

This reporter will provide strong, local, consumer-focused coverage on health news. It’s an important beat in Central Florida, with the growing Lake Nona Medical City — which includes Sanford-Burnham, the UCF medical school and the soon-to-open veterans hospital – as well as two huge hospital chains, Orlando Health and Florida Hospital.

Responsibilities:

The health reporter is tasked with writing premium content on a wide array of health news as well as covering health events. The reporter must be adept at using social media to build a following and to share news, as well as comfortable shooting photos and video.

Qualifications:

Applicants must have experience at a daily news organization or similar web operation and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Previous health reporting experience is preferred.

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.