Dallas Biz Journal hires Adatia to cover Collin County econ development

Noor Adatia

The Dallas Business Journal has hired Noor Adatia to cover economic development in Collin County.

Assistant managing editor Bill Hethcock writes, “Adatia started Dec. 6. Her focus will be on Collin County, covering the people and projects that give it one of the state’s most dynamic economies.

“‘Noor is the perfect reporter to build an informative and authoritative beat on Collin County for DBJ,’ said Will Anderson, editor in chief of the publication. ‘She’s a talented, driven journalist who will elevate our coverage of this important region — one with dozens of corporate HQs, more than 1 million residents and countless mid-size and small businesses. We are so excited to have her in the newsroom.’

“Adatia, a Dallas-Fort Worth native and graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication, has worked at the Houston Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Politico and Dallas Morning News. She has covered a wide variety of topics and has spent the last year-plus at the Morning News honing her breaking news skills.”

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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.