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Virginia paper seeks a business reporter

The Daily News-Record is hiring a business reporter.

The Daily News-Record is the primary source of news in the Harrisonburg, Virginia, and surrounding area. The newspaper is in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, about two hours from Washington, D.C., and Richmond.

The successful candidate will demonstrate good news judgment, and show that they can break news and write clean copy on deadline. Good copy-editing and proof-reading skills are a must.

Two years experience at a smaller daily or large weekly is preferred but not necessary. We will consider college grads with solid experience at a college newspaper.

Applicants must complete an emailed writing and editing test on deadline before being called for an interview.

Send a resume and your five strongest, published stories to to Jeremy Hunt, city editor, at jhunt@dnronline.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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