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San Jose Mercury News seeks reporter for Internet beat

The Bay Area News Group and San Jose Mercury News are looking for a sophisticated and energetic reporter to cover our key technology job, the Internet beat.

The successful candidate will combine graceful writing, analytical skills and the resourcefulness to report on well-publicized companies amid strong competition. Google will be a focus, as will issues including encryption, cybersecurity, and access to broadband.

The job involves producing content for digital and print platforms for the San Jose Mercury News and the Bay Area News Group, the region’s largest news organization.

Two years of business/technology reporting experience and five years total of journalism experience preferred.

Send resume, cover letter and 6-10 clips to Managing Editor Bert Robinson, jhrobinson@mercurynews.com

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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