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Sports Business Journal seeks Olympics reporter

The Sports Business Journal is seeking a beat reporter to cover the business of the Olympics.

Coverage would include sponsorship and marketing of Olympic organizations and athletes, media production and strategy, the Olympic bid process and bid city financing, and athlete endorsements, among other areas.

Must have minimum two years of experience developing and breaking news on specific business beats, be competitive in breaking news and have great interest in reporting and writing.

Responsible for filing stories for both daily and weekly publications, with an emphasis on exclusive, breaking news, as well as doing enterprise work, features and profiles. Also would be asked to help program content for industry-leading conferences, and must be comfortable speaking on air and in front of audiences. Some travel with the position.

Job will be based in either Charlotte or New York City office. Send resume/news and writing samples to jobs@sportsbusinessjournal.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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