Commercial-Appeal hires two new business reporters

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal has hired two new business reporters, reports executive editor Mark Russell.

Russell writes, “In business, we hired Desiree Stennett and Max Garland to join veteran business reporter/columnist Ted Evanoff.

“Stennett, who has worked in Orlando and St. Petersburg, Florida, is covering growth and development, including tourism, downtown development and commercial and residential real estate. Her recent story explores what the Sears’ closings mean for Wolfchase Galleria and Southland Mall.

“Garland, who came from the Charleston, West Virginia, newspaper, is covering FedEx, the logistics industry and health care.”

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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.