NC biz news website to relaunch

Rick Smith, the editor of WRALTechWire.com in Raleigh, writes about its upcoming relaunch.

Smith writes, “The tech team at Capitol Broadcasting Company’s New Media Group is working away to finish up a new site that is going to be fast and lean yet packed with content about North Carolina’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Adding the archives of CBC-owned ExiEvent is part of TechWire’s efforts to provide a digital history of our state’s high-tech transition from the height of the “dot com” boom to today.

“We’ve given you a taste of what’s to come over the past few weeks with:

Our State of Startup series
A new calendar of events (today’s lineup features three posts focusing on events and meetups)
And more coverage of emerging technology trends

“But we are far from finished.

“A team of experienced, talented contributors to TechWire has grown to nearly 10. This means you as readers will be presented with diverse points of view from the Coast to the Mountains – with a heavy emphasis on the Research Triangle, which remains the heart of NC’s tech ecosystem.

“The new website will be much more user friendly and include additional video as well as a fully interactive calendar.

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.