Categories: OLD Media Moves

Arizona paper focuses Sunday biz coverage in economy

Randy Lovely, the editor and vice president at the Arizona Republic, writes Sunday about changes to the paper, including some shifts in how the Phoenix paper covers business and economics news.

Lovely writes, “From the real-estate recovery to jobs creation, coverage of the state’s economy is of prime importance to you. And the Sunday Business section will be revamped and renamed AZ Economy to focus on real estate, jobs and the economic diversification that is essential for the state’s growth.

“You also want to know that we’re on your side when it comes to consumer protection. Our business team will expand the popular Call 12 for Action television consumer reporting to print, digital and social platforms.”

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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.