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Cincinnati Enquirer names new biz editor

Lee Ann Hamilton is the new business editor at the Cincinnati Enquirer, replacing Josh Pichler, who is becoming a columnist for the business section.

Editor Carolyn Washburn writes that Hamilton “leads a team of reporters covering our biggest companies, our consumer and branding industry, commercial and residential real estate, financial services, and economic development and transportation. She has a distinguished track record.

“Lee Ann has worked at The Enquirer since 2000, often editing our biggest projects. She was among the original group of journalists starting USA Today in 1982. She was managing editor at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., and a reporter for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis. She’s a graduate of Finneytown High School and The Ohio State University.

“Josh and Lee Ann aim to provide coverage that is important, provocative and inspiring. Please let us know what we can do to serve you better.”

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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.