Former Michigan business editor dies at 56

Former Oakland Press business editor Gary Gosselin died Sunday at the age of 56 from lung cancer, according to a story on the newspaper’s website.

The story states, “He was business and auto editor for The News Herald (Southgate) from 1994 until 2000.

“He joined The Oakland Press as business editor in 2000 and left in 2006 when his job was eliminated amidst a staff reduction.

“As business editor, he oversaw numerous projects and daily business coverage.

“‘He had an eye for detail and was a total gentleman to work with at all times,’ said Local News Editor Julie Jacobson Hines.

“On a lighter side, his cooking was a favorite item at potluck lunches, where he would bring his homemade Polish food including stuffed cabbage. He loved cooking for his family.

“He later wrote for the Oakland Business Review and became editor of the Michigan Lawyers Weekly, where he wrote a column ‘Full Disclosure,’ and wrote about law school, the Michigan Bar Exam, elections and law practice management.”

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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.