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Portland Biz Journal seeks real estate/economic development reporter

The Portland Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover commercial real estate and economic development.

The position provides a unique opportunity to report and write both daily news stories and long-form pieces that can take weeks or even months to complete.

Readers rely on the PBJ for daily transactional news on new real estate developments, acquisitions and CRE trends that impact their jobs and drive the regional economy.

They also rely on the PBJ for investigative reporting. As such, this reporter will use public documents, data and deep sourcing to shine a light on important topics such as the use of taxpayer dollars to fund development projects, the use of state and city economic development incentives, and regulatory efforts to help address Portland’s housing crisis.
The Portland Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover commercial real estate and economic development. The position provides a unique opportunity to report and write both daily news stories and long-form pieces that can take weeks or even months to complete.

Readers rely on the PBJ for daily transactional news on new real estate developments, acquisitions and CRE trends that impact their jobs and drive the regional economy.

They also rely on the PBJ for investigative reporting. As such, this reporter will use public documents, data and deep sourcing to shine a light on important topics such as the use of taxpayer dollars to fund development projects, the use of state and city economic development incentives, and regulatory efforts to help address Portland’s housing crisis.

Scoops and enterprise reporting matter. Tenacity is a must.

Skills

Ability to report and write stories under daily deadline pressure
Ability to report and write long-form, enterprise stories
Ability to break news
Ability to use data to drive reporting and uncover news
Ability to use public documents to drive reporting and uncover news
Ability to use social media to inform reporting, find sources and drive conversations
Strong analytical and investigative skills
Competitive, collaborative, curious

Experience

Three years of newsroom experience 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.

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