Categories: OLD Media Moves

Pennsylvania paper names new biz editor

Andrew M. Seder, a political and business journalist at The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, is taking on an expanded role as business editor.

A story on its website states, “In this role, Seder will oversee The Times Leader’s transition to a locally-focused Sunday Business section. He’ll also manage the flow of business news into The Times Leader and timesleader.com.

“The new Sunday Business section will feature:

• Local stories and photos about our business community.

• News and photos of new hires and promotions.

• Photos submitted by businesses and business groups from their events.

• Calendar items for local business events.

• Columns from local experts on everything from estate planning to saving money.

“Those interested in contributing items to the new section should contact Seder at aseder@civitasmedia.com.

“Seder, who has won multiple Keystone Press Awards for excellence in journalism, has worked at newspapers in Northeast Pennsylvania since 1999 and resides in Gouldsboro.”

Read more here.

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.

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