Bay area business/tech reporter Budman suffers heart attack

Scott Budman

Scott Budman, a tech and business reporter for NBC Bay Area, had open heart surgery following a heart attack, which happened early on Sept. 3, reports Rick Hurd of the San Jose Mercury News.

Hurd reports, “The prognosis is good, Budman said, but the recovery is expected to take a long time. Budman has been with the station since 1995 after beginning his career in Orange County. According to his station bio, he grew up in Oakland.

“‘Breathing is strained,’ he wrote. ‘I walk like a robot, and because of a lack of sleep, my mind plays tricks on me. But each day is a little better.’

“There is no timetable for Budman’s return to the station. He called his cohorts at NBC Bay Area his ‘family members’ and said his recent return home is ‘a good launching point for recovery.'”

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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.