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San Antonio Express-News seeks energy and manufacturing reporter

The San Antonio Express-News is looking for a reporter who hustles for stories and writes in a way that connects with general readers to cover the energy industry and manufacturing.

San Antonio sits just north of the once-booming/now-reviving Eagle Ford Shale play, one of the biggest oil and gas fields in the country; the city’s CPS Energy is one of the largest municipally owned power company in the country, and it’s moving aggressively to clean energy; and San Antonio is home to a Toyota truck plant and related suppliers. There’s a lot of news to break here and a lot of stories to tell general readers about industries that are central to their lives.

Duties:

Cultivate a wealth of sources and stay on top of public filings
Juggle breaking news, mid-range features and enterprise
Collaborate with editors, reporters, the digital team, photographers and graphic artists to produce rich, engaging story packages

Qualifications:

Skilled writer and storyteller who would never ever use jargon
At least 1-2 years covering energy and/or manufacturing
Comfortable using social media to promote her/his work and develop sources
BA or BS minimum

How to apply: Send your cover letter, resume and six clips to Business Editor Greg Jefferson at greg.jefferson@express-news.net.

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.