New biz editor at Missouri paper

Melissa Miller is the new business editor at the Southeast Missourian newspaper in Cape Girardeau.

She writes, “I feel like my every career choice led to this moment and this job. My degree from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism in 2000, followed by seven years in newspapers in Missouri, Michigan and Indiana, gave me a strong journalistic foundation.

“Then I honed my business skills managing the Spencer County Visitor’s Bureau in the tourist town of Santa Claus, Ind., for three years. This summer I became the director of the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri. When you combine my real-world business experience with my journalism background, there couldn’t be a more perfect job for me right now.

“It feels so good to be writing again after several years out of the newspaper business. It’s like being able to fit back into your skinny jeans again.”