Illinois paper adding standalone biz section on Thursday

Dan McCaleb, the senior editor of the Northwest Herald in Illinois, writes about the paper’s new business section.

McCaleb writes, “I’m pleased to announce that later this week, our coverage of the McHenry County business community will be expanded.

We will add a six-page, standalone Business section to Thursday editions to go along with our standalone section on Sundays. And on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Business will take a cover spot on the front of our Classified section, and we’ll add a second page immediately behind the cover on those days.

“What all this means is more local business news and a more well-rounded business report throughout the week.

“New Business Editor Chris Cashman and new business reporter Shawn Shinneman join veteran Northwest Herald journalist Kurt Begalka to provide the best coverage – far and away – of local business news in McHenry County.”

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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.