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Wilson named Mississippi Biz Journal managing editor

Joshua Wilson

Joshua Wilson has been hired as managing editor of the Mississippi Business Journal.

A story on its website states, “Joshua Wilson, a resident of Hattiesburg and native of Brookhaven, started work Monday. He oversees editorial operations for the publication, which covers business and economic development news throughout the Magnolia State.

“Wilson previously worked as an advertising agency writer and headed marketing and public relations activities for numerous organizations, including his alma mater, William Carey University. He is an adjunct professor and student media adviser for the University of Southern Mississippi School of Media and Communication.

“He started his career as a columnist and staff writer for The Daily Leader of Brookhaven. He served as editor-in-chief and later faculty adviser of The Cobbler, the William Carey student newspaper. He won numerous Mississippi Press Association accolades for his work as editor of the Hattiesburg-based The Pine Belt News and Signature Magazine.”

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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.

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