Reporter - Business Beat

Reporter - Business beat

The Roanoke Times is seeking a regional business reporter. Responsibilities include covering major business stories and trends in the region, focusing on the healthcare and technology sectors, tourism and regional economic development. The beat also includes writing a weekly column about local retail and food businesses opening, expanding or closing. The job requires occasional night and weekend shifts. Successful candidates must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and a valid driver's license and vehicle, and be able to drive to assignments. Must be able to shoot and edit photos and video via smartphone.

Lee Enterprises is an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net. We participate in E-Verify.

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Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.