Categories: OLD Media Moves

Covering the business of universities

Melanie Sill, the executive editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer, writes Sunday about how the paper is going to be covering the business of universities in the area. Tim Simmons will cover the new beat.

Sill wrote, “Simmons made his mark here as an education reporter who helped explain policy as it was hitting the classroom and the homework table.

“Along with ambitious projects on early childhood education and the achievement gaps between minority and nonminority students, Simmons delivered stories that explained policy while asking pragmatic questions about its effectiveness.

“He and Business Editor Mary Cornatzer see plenty to explore in universities’ impact on business as well as their relationships with corporate leaders.”

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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.