Biz reporter leaves Charlotte Observer for Honeywell

Cassie Cope

Cassie Cope, a business reporter for the Charlotte Observer, has left the paper to work in communications for Honeywell.

Her last day at the Observer was Feb. 15. She starts at Honeywell on March 4. Honeywell is relocating its headquarters to Charlotte and Cope’s title will be senior brand journalist, writing articles for Honeywell.com.

Cope had been at the Observer since September 2017, covering energy, health care, aviation and growth and development.

She previously worked at The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, as a political reporter and a general assignment reporter.

Cope is a University of South Carolina graduate.

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.