Categories: OLD Media Moves

School raising money to honor biz reporter who died suddenly

The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences is raising money to honor Benita Newton, the Virginian-Pilot business reporter who died suddenly last summer.

To read the story in the Tuscaloosa News, go here.

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers is also raising money to create a program to encourage minorities to consider the field of business journalism in Benita’s honor.

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