Categories: OLD Media Moves

MinnPost.com hires business journalists

MinnPost.com, the non-profit newspaper being started in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area later this year by former Minneapolis Star Tribune publisher Joel Kramer, has a number of well-known business journalists on its staff.

According to a roster posted on the web site, the business desk will include:

Dave Beal, a former business editor and columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, will write about business and the economy. Beal is a former president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

Greg Patterson, former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe and Star Tribune, will report on race and diversity and business-related topics.

Casey Selix, former assistant business editor and reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, will write about nonprofits, the arts, women and other topics.

Carla Solberg, who has written for Minneapolis/St. Paul Business, Twin Cities Business and Upsize Business, will report on local business developments, the health care industry and other topics.

See the full list 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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