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Wilson departs Automotive News for Presidio Group

Amy Wilson

Amy Wilson, who oversees retail coverage at Automotive News, has been hired by merchant banking firm Presidio Group to be director of research and communications.

Wilson has spent 30 years in journalism as a reporter and editor, including the last 23 years at Automotive News. Most recently at Automotive News, Wilson directed the publication’s automotive retail coverage, overseeing a team of editors and reporters covering dealers, mergers and acquisitions, finance and insurance and other topics.

Previously at Automotive News, Wilson covered multiple automakers, including Mercedes-Benz USA, Porsche Cars North America and Ford Motor Co. Early in her career, she covered automotive parts suppliers and other related subjects.

Wilson began her career working at daily newspapers in Michigan after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University.

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.

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