MiBiz hires Carlson to cover real estate, small business

Kate Carlson

MiBiz Inc. has hired reporter Kate Carlson to cover real estate and development and small businesses for its West Michigan publication.

A story on its website states, “Carlson comes to MiBiz from the Holland Sentinel, where she spent nearly two years covering business, development and local government in the West Michigan region.

“She will contribute to MiBiz’s increased focus on small-business coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Carlson previously was a reporter at the Midland Daily News and a reporting intern at MLive Media Group and the San Antonio Express-News in Texas. She was the former Editor-in-chief at Central Michigan Life, the student newspaper at Central Michigan University, where she earned her degree in journalism.”

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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.