Categories: OLD Media Moves

Moving from news to business news

Cindy Wojdyla Cain of the Joliet Herald News in Illinois writes Sunday about making the switch from news to business news.

Cain wrote, “At first, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect over here in biz. Now, a couple months into it, I’m thrilled to be here.

“Most of the business people I’ve met in the last couple of months are exciting, dynamic entrepreneurs. People of action. People who are making their dreams come true. People who are carrying on family businesses.

“So far I’ve written about everything from a high-end resale shop for women’s clothing to global trade with China. There have been positive stories about the first bed and breakfast in Grundy County and a new wine/antique shop in Lockport, but also not so positive stories about the sub-prime loan mess and building permit numbers plummeting.”

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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.