RichmondBizSense seeks senior business reporter

Richmond BizSense, a thriving daily business news website in Richmond, Va., is hunting for a senior reporter who can build a beat and grow into our lead reporter and eventual assistant editor.

The ideal candidate will have:

– At least 4 years of business reporting experience, including and a knack for working sources and a lively writing style

– Natural curiosity about what makes business and business people tick. Our reporters never stop sniffing around: every cab ride or haircut is a chance to meet a source and dig up a scoop

– A fiercely competitive streak and strong work ethic. We take extra pleasure in scooping the daily paper in our market

Compensation includes:

– Industry-leading salary (our business is growing at more than 25% a year) and we’re looking to lure an experienced reporter to Richmond. We have given all our reporters at least 10% raises every single year

– IRA with company match

– More time off than any other newspaper (two weeks vacation and a paid week’s office from Christmas to New Year’s)

– The chance to do serious, hard news reporting in a digital-only environment

To apply, send a resume, cover letter and 3 work samples to jobs@richmondbizsense.com. Please note we cannot respond to every applicant.

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.