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Lightsey, Georgia Trend reporter, dies at 69

Ed Lightsey, who wrote for the Georgia Trend business magazine for more than two decades, died Thursday at the age of 69.

Jim West of the Albany Herald writes, “For the past 22 years, Lightsey served as senior correspondent for ‘Georgia Trend’ magazine.

“‘Ed was a tremendous asset to ‘Georgia Trend’ magazine,’ said Neely Young, publisher of the statewide monthly business publication.

“‘He knew everybody in the state, and everybody loved him. Whereever I go, I mention his name and get a smile from the face of that person. He was a wonderful writer who won a lot of awards for ‘Georgia Trend.’ He was just a joy to work with and always had a great story to tell.’

“In addition to his frequent contributions to the magazine, Young said he considered Lightsey his ‘south Georgia publisher.’

“‘He would give speeches for me at events in that portion of the state if I had something else going on….He was a wonderful friend of Georgia.'”

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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.

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