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San Francisco Biz Times seeks hospitality/restaurants reporter

The San Francisco Business Times is seeking a dynamic reporter who is in journalism for the thrill that comes with breaking business news daily, owning a beat and the satisfaction of writing meaningful enterprise and people-focused features.

Interested candidates should send a résumé and selected clips to Editor Patrick Chu at pchu@bizjournals.com.

The selected reporter will focus on the San Francisco Bay Area’s booming restaurant and hotel sector, the largest employers in the regional economy. The reporter will contribute to our daily digital products as well as our weekly print edition.

Skills

The position demands strong critical thinking skills; a deep commitment to story structure and clarity in writing; a devotion to source building; sharp interviewing skills; and a proactive, competitive approach to reporting.

Experience

Full-time experience in a newsroom is preferred, but candidates with strong clips and positive references from internships, freelance work or other news-gathering experience will be strongly considered.

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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