Categories: OLD Media Moves

Hartford Biz Journal deputy editor moves to treasurer's office

Diane Weaver Dunne, who has worked at the Hartford Business Journal since 2001, left the paper to become director of communications in the Connecticut treasurer’s office, according to a short story on its web site.

The story stated, “‘Diane has been a valuable member of the Hartford Business Journal editorial team,’ said Vincent M. Valvo, the paper’s editor. ‘We’re very sorry to see her go. But we understand the wonderful opportunity before her. We can only wish her well. But she will always be fondly remembered here.’

“Dunne has written for the Hartford Courant, Imprint Newspapers and the Connecticut Law Tribune and earlier worked as news editor for Education World, a Web magazine.

“A graduate of Syracuse Universityâ€™s Newhouse School of Public Communication and the University of Hartfordâ€™s graduate program in communication, she also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford for several years teaching communication.”

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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.