San Diego daily seeks retail/small biz reporter

U-T San Diego seeks a talented business reporter to cover retail/small business.

We’re looking for a writer who is eager to report on the fast-changing retail environment and also capture the entrepreneurial spirit and challenges these businesses face in Southern California. Successful applicants should be able to craft stories for online and print, and feel comfortable writing short dailies and longer pieces.

Multi-media skills a plus. Prefer reporters with at least two years of business writing experience.

Email resume, links to stories and any video to U-T San Diego Business Editor Diana McCabe at diana.mccabe@utsandiego.com with the word RETAIL in the subject heading.

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.