AP names Finkelstein to direct small biz coverage, food and shopping

Amy Finkelstein

Associated Press business editor Lisa Gibbs sent out the following announcement on Friday:

She can take the “interim” out of her title. Amy Finkelstein next week joins the Business Desk as team leader directing coverage of small business, food and shopping. Just in time for Black Friday.
When she took on the acting role, Amy jumped right in like she’d never left (she moved to the Central desk from Business news in 2009), shepherding spot news as well as projects. She also helped out (and still is) with Wells Fargo coverage. She brings enthusiasm about digital storytelling and a willingness to experiment with new formats and approaches.
After starting her AP career in Detroit in 1995, she moved to the multimedia department and then the international desk. She also spent three years as European Business Editor in London.
Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Amy!
Lisa

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.