ProPublica teams up with Youngstown Business Journal

ProPublica, an independent nonprofit news organization that produces investigative journalism, has selected The Youngstown Business Journal as the latest partner for its Local Reporting Network.

A story on the Business Journal website states, “Dan O’Brien, a senior reporter and associate editor of The Business Journal, will cover an accountability story in his hometown. He will begin his work in mid-August and work with ProPublica through June 30, 2020. O’Brien will be the 21st local partner of the Local Reporting Network.

“‘I am thrilled to be working with an organization the calibre of ProPublica, its investigative resources and its reputation for excellence in journalism,’ he said.

“‘When we read the news that The Vindicator was closing its doors, we tried to find a way in which we could be of value,’ said Charles Ornstein, a deputy managing editor at ProPublica, who oversees the network. ‘Dan’s project will shed light on an important issue facing Youngstown, and we’re excited to partner with The Business Journal on it.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.