Tennessee biz reporter hired to be editor of paper

Marina Waters

Marina Waters, a business reporter for the Kingsport Times News, has been appointed as the editor of Bristol Now, a weekly paper covering Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia.

A story on the Times News states, “Waters, 29, is originally from Kingsport and graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School and then obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in journalism and electronic media.

“Before working at the Times News, Waters worked as a reporter at the Herald & Tribune in Jonesborough for about five years.

“Waters said the new role is an interesting challenge that she is looking forward to tackling.”

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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.