Categories: OLD Media Moves

Little Rock paper hires new transportation reporter

Robbie Neiswanger, a sports reporter covering the Arkansas Razorbacks for Stephens Media, has been hired by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to cover transportation.

A story on Arkansas Business states, “Neiswanger will replace staff writer Chris Bahn, who shifted beats late last year to cover Wal-Mart when reporter Cyd King moved to Little Rock. King began covering development in downtown Little Rock after the departure of Jack Weatherly last fall.

“Neiswanger’s beat will be transportation and he starts Friday, said Rachel Chaney, the newspaper’s business editor.

“Neiswanger was untouched by several rounds of layoffs at Stephens Media last year, which cut dozens of reporters, editors and printing staff.”

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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.