Modesto Bee reporter Williams moves to restaurant/business beat

Dominique Williams

Modesto Bee reporter Dominique Williams is now covering restaurants and business.

She replaces Marijke Rowland, who left the paper after 26 years.

Williams writes, “For me, it’s not a matter of, ‘I deserve more, so I’m going somewhere I can seek that.’ It’s, ‘My community deserves more, so I’m going to give it to them.’

“I’m incredibly sad that my mentor left The Bee. The news is bittersweet, though, because what better way to honor her than do what she did. Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Right, Marijke? For such a small person in stature, Marijke left big shoes to fill.

“Still, I’m excited to keep the Biz Beat column alive, covering (and testing) what’s opening and closing in Stanislaus County and other business news. I hope to earn the community’s trust in delivering this coverage, as Marijke did over her 26-year tenure at The Bee.”

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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.