Categories: OLD Media Moves

Biz journalist running for public utilities board

Julia Anderson, the former business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., is running for a position on the Clark County Public Utilities Board.

A profile in The Columbian on Sunday states, “Ultimately, she would make a career in journalism, landing at The Columbian in late 1983. Not long after, she was appointed as the paper’s business editor. With Anderson at the helm, The Columbian’s business section won awards, including for best in the country for its newspaper size from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

“Anderson also received numerous awards for her business columns. ‘I worked really hard … to provide some leadership on the discussion of (Clark County’s) economy,’ she said.

“She also founded and expanded the newspaper’s annual Economic Forecast Breakfast, an event well-attended by regional business and political leaders.

“Looking for other opportunities and to travel, she left The Columbian, after 26 years, in March 2010.

“Today, she’s a freelance writer and, up until she launched her campaign for the utility board, she wrote the Energy Adviser column for Clark Public Utilities, which she said gave her valuable insight into several issues, including the importance of conservation.”

Read more here.

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.

Recent Posts

Silicon Valley Biz Journal seeks a reporter

This position will be Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, and those days…

2 mins ago

Economist’s Bennet, WSJ’s Morrow receive awards

The Fund for American Studies presented James Bennet of The Economist with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award…

7 hours ago

WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries

The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top…

9 hours ago

Cohen joining Bloomberg Tax

Zach Cohen is joining Bloomberg Tax to cover the fiscal cliff and tax issues on…

9 hours ago

Avila named interim editor for Automotive Dive

Larry Avila has been named interim editor for Automotive Dive, an Industry Dive publication. He…

9 hours ago

Reuters seeks a fact-checking editor

Reuters is seeking an experienced editor to take part in our fact-checking project and support the…

12 hours ago