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San Jose paper seeks Apple, Netflix reporter

The Mercury News Business Team has an immediate opening for an experienced reporter  to lead our beat coverage of consumer technology on multiple platforms.

Covering Apple, the most valuable and closely watched company in the Valley, along with Netflix, Pandora, Fitbit, GoPro and other companies in the consumer tech sector, this reporter will produce breaking news, blog posts and enterprise coverage that highlights how these companies are changing our lives and habits and how consumers are responding.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, demanding and competitive environment, and is able to produce high-impact enterprise stories without sacrificing daily news. He or she should be a strong writer, capable of working across platforms, from blogging to social media to video to print.

A minimum of three years experience is required with prior business and technology experience strongly preferred.

Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter and 5-6 work samples to Rebecca Salner at rsalner@bayareanewsgroup.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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