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Washington state paper seeks a business reporter

August 7, 2018

Posted by Chris Roush

The Columbian, Southwest Washington’s news leader in print and online, seeks a full-time reporter to join its metro news team covering business.

Regular hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, with occasional overtime and weekend work. The ideal candidate will enjoy both hard news and enterprise work, and will regularly produce in-depth packages for Sunday Business sections and online special reports. We seek someone with the desire, knowledge and experience to join us on social media as well as in print.

Preferred qualifications include:

  • A bachelor’s degree.
  • Three or more years of reporting experience for a daily newspaper.
  • Demonstrated ability to report and write complex enterprise and project stories.
  • Demonstrated experience using social media and multimedia as tools for gathering and disseminating news.

We offer competitive pay and an excellent benefits package, which includes profit sharing/401(k). If you are looking for a challenge and want to work for one of the area’s most progressive employers, please send a cover letter indicating your salary requirements and online experience, along with your résumé and five work samples.

To apply, go here.

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