Olberding departing Journal Star for Nebraska Public Media

Matt Olberding

Lincoln Journal Star associate managing editor Matt Olberding is leaving the Nebraska newspaper to become managing editor of Nebraska Public Media.

He will start next week.

As associate managing editor, Olberding oversaw business news coverage. He also previously was a business editor and reporter at the paper, where he has worked for the past 20 years.

Previously, Olberding freelanced for SmartBrief, Motley Fool and Turbo Tax. He has covered numerous beats, including real estate, taxes, insurance, investing, personal finance and health and fitness.

Olberding has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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.