Idaho paper bringing back standalone biz section

The Idaho Statesman in Boise is bringing back its standalone business section.

Editor Vicki Gowler writes, “Starting Wednesday, our stand-alone Business section will return.

“We’ve made some changes to get the best business stories in, and we know the extra section will make it easier for families to share the paper.

“On Tuesdays, when we offer the in-depth Business Insider magazine, our business coverage will remain in the main news section.”

Read more here. The move is a dramatic turnaround considering that the newspaper announced just in November that it was dropping the standalone business section.

The Business Insider magazine launched in January 2011.

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.