South Carolina paper to add Sunday biz section

The Spartanburg Herald-Journal plans to replace its Sunday Perspective section with a business section.

The change will occur on Sunday, Aug. 10, confirms executive editor Michael Smith to Talking Biz News.

“This will enable us to move the mostly wire commentary inside the A section and move the mostly local business content to the section front,” said Smith. “We are looking for two and a half pages each Sunday, highlighting new and growing businesses, local economic trends, workplace issues and local market conditions. We will feature a locally generated column each week.”

In promoting its business coverage, the Spartanburg paper recently created a Facebook page and a Twitter feed for its business section.

The paper is owned by the Halifax Media Group.

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.