Little Rock paper seeks business editor

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, a major-market statewide daily newspaper based in Little Rock, seeks a business editor.

This editor supervises a staff of eight reporters and one assistant editor and is responsible for producing business sections seven days a week, as well as front-page coverage of major financial news for a newspaper that emphasizes enterprise and in-depth reporting.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of business and finance and proven ability to plan news coverage as well as manage and coach reporters.

Applicants should have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, as well as excellent leadership and team-building skills. Send cover letter, resume and clips to:

David Bailey
Managing Editor
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
501-378-3594
<dbailey@arkansasonline.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.