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Dallas Morning News looking for econ reporter

The Dallas Morning News is looking for an experienced business reporter to cover the economy of Dallas-Fort Worth, the fourth-largest U.S. metro area.

The reporter should have a good grasp of economic data, a talent for finding trend stories in the numbers and the ability to humanize the stories through people and companies in the economy’s crosshairs.

The job requires reporting news stories when data is released, researching economic graphics, blogging frequently, building relationships with a community of local economists, and writing frequent enterprise stories that capture real-life experiences and a strength for explaining the complexities of the recovery.

Also, the reporter will be responsible for covering the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

The paper is looking for someone with at least five years experience covering business or the economy.

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.