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DeMott, former Time biz writer, dies at 76

John S. DeMott, a former business journalist for Institutional Investor, Newsweek and Time, died in January at the age of 76.

Samantha Raphelson of The Washington Post writes, “Mr. DeMott wrote for Institutional Investor and Newsweek before covering the economy and business for Time starting in the mid-1970s.

“He moved to Washington in 1987 and briefly was press secretary for Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) before returning to journalism. He held a succession of jobs before traveling around the country in 2006 and doing editing work for newspapers along the way.

“John Stuart DeMott was a native of Mount Clemens, Mich., and a 1959 graduate of the University of Michigan. He received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1961.

“Mr. DeMott, a Silver Spring resident, was a member of the National Press Club.”

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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.