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Nation’s top personal finance reporters named

Tennessee television reporter Don Dare, along with National Public Radio senior editor Uri Berliner and CNNMoney.com personal finance writer Blake Ellis, are being recognized for outstanding reporting on personal finance issues.

A story on the website of WATE, the television station where Dare works, states, “The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) named Dare one of the winners of the 2013 RTDNA/NEFE Award for Personal Finance Reporting.

“The organization announced the award winners Wednesday. Dare and two other winners will be honored in a presentation later this month in Anaheim, Calif. at the national convention of RTDNA, the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

“Dare, along with National Public Radio Senior Editor Uri Berliner and CNNMoney.com Personal Finance Writer Blake Ellis, are being recognized for outstanding reporting on personal finance issues.

“Each winner receives a $1000 cash prize. They will present a training seminar entitled Excellence in Financial Reporting: How Award-Winning Journalists Get it Done at the Anaheim conference.

“Dare is the only winner for television reporting. His award is for a series of 6 On Your Side reports on debt issues, options and answers.”

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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