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Cape Cod Times names new business reporter

Sean Driscoll

Sean F. Driscoll has been named the new business reporter for the Cape Cod Times in Massachusetts.

A story on its website states, “Since joining the newspaper in June 2013, Driscoll has covered the towns of Falmouth and Mashpee, including the Woods Hole science community. He has also covered public records issues, been a newsroom leader in data journalism and digital journalism innovation and explored new tools for digital storytelling. In 2014, he launched a nonprofit index using publicly available tax returns to track 2,000 financial data points for Cape Cod’s 50 largest nonprofits.

“As business reporter, he plans to incorporate nonprofit coverage into his reporting, as well as focusing on energy and transportation issues along with the daily business buzz on the Cape.

“‘Cape and Islands business news is so important to our region, and I’m thrilled Sean will be bringing his business reporting experience to this crucial role,’ Managing Editor Linda Corcoran said. ‘Our local business coverage will benefit from Sean’s knowledge and expertise.’

“Driscoll has covered a range of topics in his career, including police, courts, municipal government, public pensions, employment and labor issues. He was a 2016 Kiplinger Fellow at Ohio State University, where he received hands-on training in social media, data journalism, smartphone video and other digital tools.”

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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  • Sean F. Driscoll has done a great job reporting the Falmouth wind turbine news. Falmouth is ground zero for poorly placed wind turbines in the United States. The neighbors describe the noise as torture from lack of sleep. The Massachusetts court system is in the next few weeks and months going to have dire court rulings against the Town of Falmouth for hiding noise warning letters, memos, documents which include maps etc. The town always knew the turbines were too loud. Let's hope Sean a great journalist continues to report what is about to happen in Falmouth over the poorly placed wind turbines and the noise described as torture from lack of sleep

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