Montana paper launches new business publication

The Missoulian newspaper in Missoula, Montana has started a quarterly business publication called Missoula Business.

Publisher Jim Strauss writes, “As I said earlier, Missoula Business is much more than just the efforts of the Missoulian. As we planned this publication, we reached out to local organizations, such as the Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce, to help shape and contribute to Missoula Business. The Missoula Chamber in this issue discusses a major move forward in the push for more affordable child care, an issue for employers and employees alike.

“Also contributing to this issue of Missoula Business are:

the Missoula Economic Partnership, looking at economic indicators such as the unemployment rate and median income;
the Montana High Tech Business Alliance, reporting the good news of veterans finding high tech jobs in our community;
the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana, with some new ideas for how local businesses can find good workers;
Sterling Commercial Real Estate, reporting on emerging trends in our local commercial real estate market.

Thanks to these local business experts for adding depth and insights to Missoula Business. Special thanks to the Missoulian team, especially business reporter David Erickson, who have put months of planning and work into bringing Missoula Business to life.”

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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.