Pennsylvania paper names new business editor

Seth Nolan

The Williamsport Sun-Gazette has named Seth Nolan as business editor.

A story on its website states, “In that capacity, Nolan will oversee the newspaper’s business news, including the weekly Sunday Business section and the monthly Shale Play pages and Chamber Connections section.

“‘It’s interesting to see what people are passionate about,’ Nolan said of taking over the business news. ‘I find it refreshing to talk to people about what they are doing that they’re excited about.’

“‘We are thrilled to promote Seth to this position,’ said L. Lee Janssen, Sun-Gazette editor. ‘He has been a standout on our team since he joined the staff and has quickly picked up the skills needed to be successful in his new role.’

“Nolan joins Anne Reiner, who took over as religion editor last summer, on the night editing desk, where stories and photos are edited and news pages are put together for the daily edition.”

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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.