Canadian Press hires Stephenson as business reporter

Amanda Stephenson

The Canadian Press has hired Amanda Stephenson as a reporter in its Calgary bureau.

She starts new new position on June 22.

Stephenson spent the last nine years at the Calgary Herald where she has covered everything from oil and gas to agriculture and aviation. In recent years, she has also focused heavily on Alberta’s quest for economic diversification, including the province’s burgeoning tech sector.

She is a graduate of University of Regina in journalism.

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.