If you are a journalist who always knows the latest unemployment rate and can explain what difference Wall Street makes to my life as a Californian, you might be the next economy reporter at CalMatters. This reporter must know what motivates business interests and can help people understand how economic trends shape public policy and vice versa. California, the fifth largest economy in the world, is also a high-cost, high wage state and one of its central debates is about maintaining those high wages and lowering those high costs.  This reporter will also cover the flip side of business regulation: consumer protection. Other areas of interest include taxes, jobs and wages.  This is a rich beat with a variety of human, business and political stories. This idea