Columbian biz editor Brettman leaving paper

Allan Brettman

Allan Brettman, the business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington, is leaving the paper.

Brettman said his new job is not in journalism, but he declined to give further details.

He has been at the paper since September 2018. Before The Columbian, he spent 18 years at the Oregonian in Portland, covering Nike and other business news stories.

Brettman also worked at The Daily News in Longview, Washington, and at the Memphis Commercial Appeal in Tennessee.

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.