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.

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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.