Categories: OLD Media Moves

Minneapolis paper looking for new biz columnist

Nancy Barnes, the editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, writes Sunday about how the paper’s business columnist Eric Wieffering is taking on a new job in the newsroom, causing her to search for a new columnist for the business desk.

Barnes writes, “In other news, I’m both pleased and sorry to report that columnist Eric Wieffering will be leaving the business pages soon to take on a different role as assistant managing editor for local news.

“Wieffering has delivered provocative, thoughtful and knowledgeable columns for the business section, making him a must-read for the business community.

“That’s exactly what we asked of him when he returned to the paper in the fall of 2010, after a brief sojourn to the business world. Every columnist, whatever the specialty, has a unique style and voice, so I won’t promise readers that we will replace Wieffering’s column per se.

“But we will find another smart, thoughtful writer who understands business and who will make his or her own mark on the business page. That search is underway, and I hope to have someone new to introduce to you before long.”

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.

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