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Former Tulsa World biz editor dies

Riley Wilson, the former business editor for the Tulsa World, died Monday at the age of 78 from prostate cancer, according to a story in Tuesday’s paper.

The story stated, “His battles with the industry public relations people were legendary at the World. Wilson bristled at nothing more than being scooped by the old Tulsa Tribune or any other publication.

“If news leaked to another newspaper or magazine, Wilson was quickly on the phone to the guilty company. Reporters would gather near Wilson’s department just to hear him chew out the offending party.

“‘My personal philosophy of news coverage is simple: Get the facts and report them to the public. Tell all sides and let the readers decide,’ Wilson once said.”

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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.