Idaho Business Review hires special sections editor

Rebecca Palmer

Rebecca Palmer has accepted the position of special sections editor with the Idaho Business Review.

A story on its website states, “She brings a strong background in business journalism and marketing to the role, which is responsible for a variety of special publications and programs for IBR, including CEO of Influence, Welcome to Boise, Accomplished Under 40, Idaho Heartland Living, Women of the Year and Icon.

“‘I have been helping startups with marketing and strategy in Utah over the last few years, and I am thrilled to get back to my roots in journalism,’ Palmer said. ‘I am excited to get to know Boise and start telling stories about the wonderful things happening here.’

“Palmer graduated from Weber State University in Ogden in 2010 and has worked for publications including the Deseret News, Utah Business Magazine and the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Before moving into marketing in 2013, she was editor-in-chief of the Davis Clipper in Bountiful, Utah.

“Most recently, she worked in communications for RevRoad, LLC, a venture services company in Provo, Utah.”

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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.