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Changes in stock listings upset Dallas Morning News readers

Recent changes in the stock listings in the Dallas Morning News have upset some readers, reports public editor Stephen Buckley.

Buckley reports, “In early March, the Business section unveiled newly designed listings that featured 10-day summaries of the Dow Jones, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq and a couple of other major exchanges; foreign exchange rates; prices of commodities; and stock prices for 50 major companies in our region. It offers more information than the old report.

“The reaction? Our audience was not pleased.

“Business Editor Javier E. David says The News has received ‘probably dozens’ of emails from readers who dislike the new format. Among other things, they find it harder to read, and they say the information doesn’t meet their needs. The response surprised David.

“‘We thought we were making a minor change that people wouldn’t be paying attention to,’ he told me. Turns out, ‘people were paying attention.'”

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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.

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