Become the premier business blogger/columnist for The Florida Times-Union

The Florida Times-Union is looking for a business columnist and blogger in Jacksonville.
The newspaper's community offers a wide range of areas for the blogger/columnist to cover, including its major port, financial center, large commerce center and NFL team. In addition to blogging on business, the writer will be expected to interact with readers through the blog and Times-Union Web site and break new stories. The selected candidate will be Times-Union's premier business columnist.
Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and previous experience writing on finance or business.
To apply, send your clips and your resume in Microsoft Word to tujobs@jacksonville.com with "FL-TU" and the job position in the subject line. You can also fax your resume to 904-359-4076 or mail it to:

The Florida Times-Union
Attn: Human Resources
One Riverside Ave Jacksonville, FL 32202

View the job posting here.

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Detroit Free Press cuts 22 staffers

The Detroit Free Press cut 22 staffers from its newsroom yesterday, according to Richard Prince's recent column.
Price covers minority issues for the Maynard Institute and said, "by one count, the Free Press eliminated 22 people in its newsroom, 18 of them journalists. Fifteen of them are women, six African American, two Hispanic and two are Asian American."
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David Pogue now a CNBC contributor

David Pogue, a personal technology columnist for The New York Times, is joining CNBC as a contributor. Starting today, he will offer up tech talk and gadget reviews on CNBC's Business Day programming. Pogue is also an Emmy award-winning tech correspondent for CBS News and a prolific "how-to" writer with titles in the "For Dummies" series.

Read the full release here.