Toledo Blade seeks business reporter

The Blade is seeking a business reporter to cover a mix of Fortune 500 and small businesses located in northwest Ohio and southeastern Michigan. From iconic brands known the world over to up-and-coming companies, the business writer will cover a wide variety of topics.

The reporter should have experience navigating financial reports and understand how the information contained in those documents, combined with insightful interviews, can be used to develop strong stories. And to land those interviews, the reporter should have experience building strong relationships with sources.

The candidate also should be able to identify trends and explain to the reader how those will shape local businesses and impact consumers. From breaking news to enterprise stories, the business writer should be able to react quickly while being self-motivated on long-term projects.

While The Blade has a dedicated section for business stories, it doesn’t hesitate to place those on the front page.

Please send letters of interest, a resume, and three clips to Kim Bates, managing editor, at kimbates@theblade.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.