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California paper hires new business editor

John Cox

John Cox has been hired as the business editor at The Bakersfield Californian.

A story on its website states, “Cox worked for the company as a staff writer covering business news for more than 10 years starting in 2006. Most recently, he wrote about technology, energy, health care and the economy for the San Diego Business Journal.

“In his new position, Cox will oversee business coverage for TBC Media. This will include writing and editing original content for publication online and in print.

“‘John is the consummate professional journalist with a deep, institutional knowledge base of Bakersfield and greater Kern County,’ said Jim Lawitz, vice president & executive editor of TBC Media. ‘He knows the players, the institutions and the economic factors that drive our region’s financial performance. We welcome his return.’

“Cox earned a bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism at California State University, Long Beach. His career in journalism has taken him from the Los Angeles Times, where he started reporting news while in college, to publications such as Hispanic Business magazine and the Long Beach Press-Telegram.”

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.

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  • This is really interesting. Cox is a journalistic product of greater Los Angeles.

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