Former biz editor becomes editor of South Carolina paper

Don Worthington

Former business editor Don Worthington has become the editor of the Pageland Progressive Journal in South Carolina.

Vanessa Tyson of the Progressive Journal writes, “The Pageland Progressive Journal’s new editor, Don Worthington, has covered a king, a queen, U.S. presidents and an Indian chief during his 30 years of news reporting and editing.

“Worthington came aboard as editor of the local newspaper June 28 after retiring as business editor of The Herald in Rock Hill.

“Although Worthington has covered a wide range of characters over three decades, he said what he likes doing most is interviewing ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.”

He has spent 30 years in journalism. Worthington was with the Rock Hill Herald since 2010. While there, he wrote a column called “Your Business.”

He has also been a sports reporter, city government reporter and editor. He was business editor at The Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina before joining the Rock Hill paper.

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.