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The Economist seeks public policy correspondent

The Economist is looking to hire a staff correspondent to write about global public policy.

The job is London-based, but involves travelling everywhere. Previous journalistic experience is not essential, but candidates must be able to write well, generate original ideas and spot intriguing patterns in data.

We test for these things mostly by asking for a sample article, which applicants should send, with a CV to: econjob@economist.com. Please write up to 600 words. Your article could be on any subject, but you should try to mimic the punchy, witty, rigorous style of The Economist. (For some examples, please follow the links below.) The deadline is Sept. 4.

http://www.economist.com/news/international/21645759-boys-are-being-outclassed-girls-both-school-and-university-and-gap

http://www.economist.com/node/21562257

http://www.economist.com/node/15867956

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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