Milwaukee daily names new business editor

Steve Jagler has been named business editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Paul Gores of the paper writes, “Jagler, who most recently was executive editor of BizTimes Media in Milwaukee, will oversee daily business news coverage for the newspaper and JSOnline.com.

“He succeeds Gary Miller, who has retired after helping lead the Journal Sentinel’s award-winning business news staff as business editor and deputy business editor since 2001.

“Jagler has more than 30 years of experience in news media, much of it in financial journalism. In addition to serving as executive editor of BizTimes Media since 2002, he was managing editor of The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee from 1997 to 2001.

“In moving to the Journal Sentinel, Jagler said he values the mission of daily newspapers.

“‘I look forward to continuing a robust and productive conversation with Wisconsin’s business community,’ Jagler said. ‘I believe the American daily newspaper is a vital resource for a functioning democracy, and it is an honor to join the talented staff at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.'”

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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.