Stanley, former Milwaukee paper biz editor, is retiring

George Stanley

George Stanley, who was business editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and then business editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is retiring from the paper, where he had been editor in chief.

Corinne Hess of the Journal Sentinel writes, “During his announcement to staff, Stanley, 65, said he made his decision after the Journal Sentinel’s parent company, Gannett, announced last month it would make additional cuts company-wide.

“Devi Shastri, health and medicine reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild, said Stanley worked to preserve journalism in Milwaukee and Wisconsin throughout his career.

“‘He tried to save jobs and find creative solutions in partnership with us,’ Shastri said. ‘Throughout his career, his focus has been supporting his employees, professionally and personally. His leadership will be missed.'”

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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.