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New NYPost biz editor talks to troops about resume

New New York Post business editor Sean Gannon opened his first staff meeting this week talking about his previous employers, writes Michael Calderone of the New York Observer.

Calderone wrote, “But considering that Mr. Gannonâ€™s subsequent places of employment were Phillip Morris and Star magazine, he still had to convince the Postâ€™s business staff that he has a nose for news.

“At the noon staff meeting Mr. Gannon said that despite coming from Bonnie Fullerâ€™s celebrity-filled (and recently decimated) Star, he had no specific mandate to bring to bear upon the section, which is known for well-reported, breaking stories, according to a Post staffer.Â

“‘The business section has prided itself on being a little more serious’ than the rest of the paper, said a former Post staffer. ‘He may be a great editor, but people only know him from Langanâ€™s.’

Since late January, deputy Jay Sherman has served as the interim business editor, following Dan Colarussoâ€™s promotion to metro editor.”

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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.