Recognizing a laid-off, respected Biz Journal staffer

Rosemary McCoy

Jodi Schwan, the editor of the Sioux Falls Business Journal, writes about layoffs at the Gannett paper, including one of her key employees.

Schwan writes, “This week’s staff reduction included longtime Sioux Falls Business Journal producer Rosemary McCoy. She had been with the Business Journal since 2004, and she was my proverbial right arm behind the scenes for the past five years.

“None of us builds a brand alone. I would not have been able to become the journalist I am without her, and the Business Journal wouldn’t be what it is, either. I can’t thank her enough.

“Additionally, I need to recognize the contributions all of my former colleagues made to Argus Leader Media. I can comfortably tell you to hire any one of them, and your organization would have a valuable addition.”

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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.