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Explaining business to the community

Robert Reed

Robert Reed, the new business columnist at the Chicago Tribune, writes about how he’s approaching the position.

Reed writes, “For the better part of the last three decades, I’ve enjoyed reporting on the universe of business, finance and commerce, as well as analyzing and opining about its tremendous impact on everyday people.

“Throughout, my concentration has been on charting the highs, lows and in-between of Chicago-area business, one of the world’s most dynamic, complex and, at times, frustrating subjects.

“That focus will be the essence of this column, which will strive to look beyond breaking news events, stock market gyrations and abstract business-speak. In short, I’ll seek to explain business to the community and the community to business.

“I come to this new assignment more curious than ever about the role of Chicago business amid these ever-changing and hard-charging times.”

Read more here.

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.

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