Categories: OLD Media Moves

Massachusetts paper expands Sunday biz coverage

Kristin Palpini

The Berkshire Eagle newspaper in Massachusetts has expanded its Sunday business section and renamed it Berkshire Business Insider.

In an email to Talking Biz News, Business Insider editor Kristin Palpini wrote:

The Berkshires economy is in an exciting time. New and old industries are emerging and local governments are increasing their dedication to making the county hospitable to all types of businesses. At the same time there are challenges – job skills gap, population decline and lack of affordable housing among them. People in the Berkshires, as well as people who have spent time here, care very much for the community. There is a lot of interest from readers in our business coverage, so we’re psyched to be giving readers more of what they want.

Read more here.

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.

Recent Posts

Economist’s Bennet, WSJ’s Morrow receive awards

The Fund for American Studies presented James Bennet of The Economist with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award…

4 hours ago

WSJ is testing AI-generated article summaries

The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top…

5 hours ago

Cohen joining Bloomberg Tax

Zach Cohen is joining Bloomberg Tax to cover the fiscal cliff and tax issues on…

5 hours ago

Avila named interim editor for Automotive Dive

Larry Avila has been named interim editor for Automotive Dive, an Industry Dive publication. He…

6 hours ago

Reuters seeks a fact-checking editor

Reuters is seeking an experienced editor to take part in our fact-checking project and support the…

8 hours ago

Making financial news more accessible

CNBC Make It reporter Ashton Jackson writes about ways to make financial news more accessible to consumers.…

20 hours ago