Categories: OLD Media Moves

Editor named for Cumberland Valley Business Journal

Zachary Hoopes has been hired by The Carlisle Sentinel this week as business editor and will guide the content development for the Cumberland Valley Business Journal, a monthly business magazine focused on Cumberland County that debuts later this month.

A story in the Sentinel states, “Hoopes, a Waynesboro High School graduate, returns to Central Pa. after graduating from Columbia University and working as a reporter in Ocean City, Maryland. There, Hoopes covered City Hall and economic issues for the newspaper.

“‘Zach is a bright young man with a strong foundation in reporting,’ Sentinel Executive Editor Jeff Pratt said. ‘He is inquisitive and enjoys the challenge of attacking a topic and presenting readers a detailed look at something that goes beyond statistics and quotes. He is a perfect fit for the CVBJ and our business coverage.’

“‘Business, economics and development are not really looked at comprehensively on the local level,’ Hoopes said. ‘There can be a lot more impact industry and economics have on a local economy as a whole.'”

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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.