Painter named biz editor at Star Tribune

Kristen Painter has been named the business editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Painter has worked as a reporter and editor for the Star Tribune’s business team for a decade and most recently was deputy business editor, responsible for coverage of food, agriculture, health care, medical technology and business news analysis.

She previously worked for the Denver Post’s business and metro news departments.

She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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.