Georgia paper names new business editor

Kandice Bell has been named the new business editor of The Newnan Times-Herald in Georgia.

A story on its website by W. Winston Skinner states, “Bell’s duties at the newspaper will include general assignment reporting and coordinating business news.

“A native of Newnan, Bell attended East Coweta High School and graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelors of arts degree in journalism.

“Bell also holds a master’s degree in business from the University of Phoenix. Bell wrote for the Georgia State University school newspaper, The Signal, and also worked at the school’s radio station, 88.5 FM.

“She has also done freelance writing for the Patch in Gwinnett County. In her free time, she enjoys singing, playing the piano, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.”

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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.