The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state's leading news organization, is seeking a reporter who will aggressively cover Walmart, the second largest company in the world, as well as the larger retail industry. We aren't looking for someone to regurgitate press releases or take spoon-feeding from flacks. We are looking for a dogged journalist who will relentlessly pursue big stories with real impact.

No one will make it easy to get the kind of stories we seek. Delivering journalism that matters will require source-building, savvy and tenacity. It will require a reporter who lives out our newsroom credo: They Answer to Us.

If you are a true believer in the work we do; if you are smart, write with skill and precision and have the clips to show a record of delivering the kind of reporting we seek, we want to hear from you. Send a cover letter with three samples of your best enterprise work to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Executive Editor Lee Wolverton at lwolverton@adgnewsroom.com.

The subject line should read:

Walmart Reporter. Work samples should be pdfs or Word files showing full text.

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Following these directions is the first step toward getting hired.