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Charleston biz reporter hired by American Banker

Allison Prang

Allison Prang, a business reporter for the Charleston Post & Courier in South Carolina, has been hired by American Banker.

She will start on June 1 and cover community banks based in New York. Prang will report to Paul Davis, who oversees the community bank team.

At the Post and Courier, Prang covered tech and tourism.

“It’ll be great to start this next chapter with American Banker,” said Prang in an email to Talking Biz News. “I’ve met some wonderful people during my time at The Post and Courier.”

She graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and minored in political science and sociology. During her college career, she interned at The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, The Kansas City Star, The Indianapolis Star, The Mash by the Chicago Tribune and the St. Louis Beacon.

In 2012, she won an honorable mention in the Best in Business contest put on by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

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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