Oshkosh biz reporter named paper’s editor

Katy Macek

Oshkosh Northwestern business reporter Katy Macek has been named the Northwestern’s new editor.

A story on its website states, “Macek, a Port Washington native, joined the Northwestern in June 2021 after previously working as an entertainment reporter and editor for the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram and as a city reporter for the Chippewa Herald.

“A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduate, she also has worked as a copywriter for a Madison marketing agency and as a freelance writer.

“‘Since I started as a reporter, I’ve been working to strengthen the connection between the paper and the community, and I’m looking forward to furthering those relationships in this role,’ Macek said.”

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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.