North Carolina paper hires new biz reporter

Liz Moomey

Liz Moomey has joined the staff of the Salisbury Post in North Carolina as the city government and business reporter.

A story on its website states, “Moomey, who grew up in Maryland, graduated from N.C. State University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in communication.

“She has previously worked for North State Journal, the News & Observer and Spectrum News.

“Moomey fills a position most recently held by Jessica Coates, who now works at the Mooresville Citizen.”

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While at N.C. State, Moomey was editor-in-chief of Agromeck, the University’s year in review. She also wrote sports features and profiles for GoPack, N.C. State’s athletics site. She has also written for Technician, N.C. State’s student newspaper, and GVH Live, an up-and-coming news organization in Washington, D.C.

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.