Oklahoman energy reporter Monies joining Oklahoma Watch

Paul Monies

Paul Monies, the energy reporter on the business desk of The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, has accepted a job at Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit news organization.

He starts his new job in mid-October.

“I have nothing but respect and good feelings for the many friends and colleagues at The Oklahoman over the years,” said Monies on Twitter. “It’s been a fun ride!.”

Monies has worked at newspapers in Texas and Missouri and most recently was a data journalist for USA Today in the Washington, D.C. area. Monies also spent nine years as a business reporter and database editor for The Oklahoman.

He is a native of Scotland who graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, and has a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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.