Newspaper biz columnist named university chancellor

Deborah Yedlin

Veteran business journalist Deborah Yedlin has been appointed University of Calgary chancellor.

Bill Kaufmann of the Calgary Herald writes, “Yedlin will continue to write her business column for the Calgary Herald on matters not related to the university, through the end of May, said Lorne Motley, the newspaper’s editor in chief.

“That background enables her to be a conduit between the university and the corporate world, she said.

“‘There’s comfort in being able to translate the academic to business and business to academic,’ said Yedlin.

“Those are two things we need to bring together.’

“U of C senator James McNeil said Yedlin’s roots in Calgary and the backing she had helped form their decision to appoint her to the position.”

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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.