Categories: OLD Media Moves

Richmond biz news site hires new writer

David Larter, who currently works for the Air Force Times, has been hired to be a business reporter for RichmondBizSense.com, the online business news site covering Virginia business news.

He replaces Al Harris, a graduate of the VCU School of Mass Communications, who covered retail, commercial real estate, banking and small business and moved to Philadelphia.

Larter will work for RichmondBizSense.com founder and editor Aaron Kremer.

In an e-mail, Larter said, “Aaron is a great journalist and a great person. He was the first editor to see through my many shortcomings and find potential. I jumped at the chance to come back and work for him.”

Larter was born in Inverness, Scotland, and was raised in the Philadelphia area. After graduating high school he joined the Navy, serving four years before leaving to pursue education. He graduated in May 2010 from University of Richmond with a degree in English. He was a writer for Richmond BizSense from May to December 2009 when he was hired as deputy news editor for Army Times.

Larter is currently a staff writer for Air Force Times where he covers military personnel and enlisted leadership. His work has appeared in Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, Defense News and Federal Times.

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.