Categories: OLD Media Moves

LA Times revamps Sunday biz section

The Los Angeles Times announced a number of changes to its newspaper, including an overhaul of its Sunday business section.

The changes include:

The Sunday business section will take on a “Your Money” focus beginning April 15, part of Business’ ongoing day-of-the-week themed strategy that includes Small Business on Wednesday and International Trade on Saturday.
“Your Money” will feature consumer information and personal finance content, including how-to stories on investing, savings strategies and tax planning.
The popular “Money Makeover” feature will return once a month, giving readers the opportunity to have their financial situations assessed by a professional advisor.
Business columnists Tom Petruno and Kathy Kristof will host “Market beat” and “Personal Finance,” respectively, and Liz Pulliam Weston‘s “Money-Talk” column will be refocused and address finance issues for 18-35 year olds in her first few columns.
A print/online consumer beat column, http://www.latimes.com/business, will offer strategies on how to find the best deals both online and in the bricks and mortar world, with specific Sunday coverage devoted to high interest topics such as how to find the best phone deals and what to look for in your health plan.
Every Sunday business section will profile a business leader.

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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.