Ohio paper hires McCormick as new business reporter

Grace McCormick

Grace McCormick is the new business reporter at Richland Source in Ohio.

McCormick writes, “There were a few reasons why Richland Source was my top choice during my job search after graduating from Ball State University, but the one I kept coming back to was the relationship between staff members and the community.

“My favorite assignments in college involved interviewing local residents and students who supported each other when their play was canceled, when they were struggling to keep their business open and when they were trying to help international refugees in their own city. These stories were already unfolding and I had the privilege of expanding their reach, showing readers some good that was happening around them.

“What excites me about working for Richland Source is building relationships with people in the community that go beyond singular interviews.”

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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.