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New business editor named in Tallahassee

Dave Hodges has been named the new business editor at the Tallahassee Democrat, according to a short story in Wednesday’s paper. The story does not state what happened to former business editor Steve Liner.

Jeff Burlew wrote, “Hodges, a 51-year-old Fort Pierce native, earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida. He served as business editor at Florida TODAY in Brevard County; managing editor of the weekly Orlando Business Journal; and is perhaps best known as writer and editor for the Florida Specifier, a monthly civil- and environmental-engineering paper based in Winter Park.

“‘We’re pleased to have an experienced business and journalism professional to lead our team in this important coverage area,’ said Bob Gabordi, executive editor of the Tallahassee Democrat.

“Since 1999, Hodges has worked in the private sector as marketing director for JRA Architects Inc. and senior technical writer for PBS&J, both in Tallahassee.”

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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.