Business Reporter

The Quad-City Times/Moline Dispatch-Argus is seeking a smart, savvy reporter to cover businesses, their leaders and workers, and workplace and economic trends. The Quad-Cities, a cluster of riverfront cities in Iowa and Illinois with a metro area of about 475,000, is home to about 3,000 diverse employers, including the world headquarters of Fortune 500 Deere & Co., media company Lee Enterprises, a U.S. Army base, aerospace company Arconic, and Genesis Health Systems, a top Iowa-based healthcare provider. A number of mid-sized businesses, Mom & Pops, and Black and Hispanic businesses thrive on both sides of the river as well. The ideal candidate can network and build a beat to find scoops and stories from the business community and the intersection of business and government, including breaking news, daily reporting and enterprise-focused pieces based on trends and analytics. This position is also the lead reporter for Quad-City Times Insight Magazine, a high-gloss quarterly business journal for CEOs.