North Carolina paper hires new biz reporter

Kelly Poe has joined The (Greensboro) News & Record as a business reporter.

Executive editor Jeff Gauger writes that Poe will cover “commercial and residential development and banking.

“Poe is a top May graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

“Before graduating, she completed internships at The News & Observer in Raleigh, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, The Herald-Sun in Durham and The StarNews in Wilmington. She also wrote for Carolina’s independent student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel.

“Poe impressed us with newsy writing samples from her internships and her poise in connecting with people. The ability to connect with people often sets great reporters apart from good ones.

“With the addition of Poe, we’ve increased our business reporting team to three. Poe, 22, joins Richard Barron, who covers jobs, and Jonnelle Davis, who tackles retailing.”

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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.