Minneapolis-St. Paul Biz Journal hires food and beverage reporter

Dan DeBaun

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has hired Dan DeBaun as its new food and beverage reporter, covering everything from restaurants and breweries to Minnesota’s biggest food companies.

Editor Dirk DeYoung writes, “Prior to his new position, DeBaun was a reporter with WJON-AM 1240 in St. Cloud for over three years. At WJON, he covered local business, area school boards, and local city government.

“Dan has a Bachelor of Science in mass communications from St. Cloud State University. He lives in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood and is originally from Eagan.

“At the Business Journal, DeBaun also will act as digital producer, managing the Business Journal’s editorial social media accounts and special digital projects.”

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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.