Rochester paper makes changes to biz news coverage

Karen Magnuson, the editor of the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, New York, writes about changes to the paper’s business news coverage.

For the daily coverage, Magnuson writes:

Local business news, including the local stock chart, will appear with other kinds of news instead of being on a separate page. The best stories will be displayed on the front page, of course, and national business news will continue to be featured on its own Money page in the USA TODAY section.

For the weekend coverage, Magnuson writes:

On Sunday, we’ll publish a more robust local business section that goes well beyond the usual topics of innovation and entrepreneurship. D&C Business will provide comprehensive coverage of our economy, largest employers and trends in important areas such as retail and real estate.

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.