Categories: OLD Media Moves

New business editor named at Idaho paper

Joshua Palmer, who has been the education reporter at the Twins Falls Times-News for the past two years, has been named the paper’s business editor, according to a short story.

The story stated, “As business editor – overseeing the newspaper’s six-days-weekly Money section – he will focus coverage on the changing face of the economy in south-central Idaho and how it affects consumers and workers as well as businesses. He will report on new and developing industries, local job creation, consumer and employment issues, and trends that impact how small and large businesses operate.

“Palmer will also enhance the online business pages at Magicvalley.com, the Times-News’ Web site.

“‘Josh has an excellentâ€“track record as a reporter, and he presented solid ideas about improving our daily Money section,’ said Virginia Hutchins, the Times-News’ interim editor. ‘He will collaborate with other writers and editors to produce a consistently strong, local business report, and I’m confident he’ll do it well.'”

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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.