North Dakota paper expanding biz coverage

Matthew Von Pinnon, the editor of the Fargo Forum in North Dakota, writes about how the paper is expanding its business news coverage.

Von Pinnon writes, “We’ve noticed it, and you have, too. We’re in a go-go business environment here, one that seems poised to grow exponentially in coming years. More businesses are opening every day, offering more goods and services to the growing number of people who flock to this region for new opportunities and an improved way of life. And that’s compounding the need for more goods and services.

“We’re on the cusp of big things. Not a day goes by that this newspaper is not writing about some new place or new idea seemingly springing up out of nowhere. It’s exciting. There’s a real entrepreneurial spirit taking hold, and we aim to tell that story in bigger and better ways.

“We’re doubling our weekday space devoted to Business. We’re also adding to its reporting power, dedicating three full-time reporters to the beat, as well as any other resources we can throw at it.

“Veteran reporter Sherri Richards is our new Business editor. She’s joined by two other veterans of the area and newspaper: Dave Olson and Angie Wieck.

“Our team aims to cover Business and work more thoroughly than it’s ever been covered here. Oh, and about that popular Saturday Business section, with all those names and faces: It’s not going anywhere.”

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