Columbus Dispatch biz editor Carter retires

Ron Carter

Ron Carter, the business editor of the Columbus Dispatch, has retired.

Dispatch editor Alan Miller writes, “So he applied at The Dispatch, which hired him in 1994 as a business reporter.

“He served with distinction in that role for six years and was named Assistant Business Editor in 2000. Three years later, he became the Business Editor. And he has led the Business Desk for the past 15 years.

“Carter took pride in creating a team culture on the Business Desk, remembering and celebrating birthdays and also celebrating each time a story written by someone on that desk landed on Page One.

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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.