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Providence Business News seeks health care reporter

Providence Business News seeks a self-starting reporter to dive into the health care sector and come up with topical, clear and incisive stories as the state barrels ahead with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and beyond.

Requirements include the ability to master complicated source material, from insurance rate filings to bankruptcy declarations to medical advances in brain science, all while giving the region’s business community the smartest take on this vital part of the region’s economy. In addition, this position will function as a reporter/editor/social media practioner as called upon by the needs of the moment.

Previous experience covering health care is a plus but not a requirement. Email resume, writing samples (including examples of social media expertise) and ideas about the position to Mark Murphy, editor, Providence Business News, at editor@pbn.com. No phone calls.

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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