South Dakota paper hires biz reporter

Scott Feldman is the new business reporter at the Rapid City Journal in South Dakota.

A story on its website states, “The newest addition to the Rapid City Journal newsroom — reporter Scott Feldman — is ready to talk to business owners, entrepreneurs, local officials and consumers about industry, commerce and the business climate in our region.

“Feldman started at the Journal last week and will serve as the paper’s full-time business reporter. Feldman, 27, is a Massachusetts native and graduate of the University of Massachusetts. He has been a journalist since 2009 and most recently worked as a reporter at the Aberdeen American News.

“Feldman is eager to learn about the business climate in Rapid City and the Black Hills; he will write articles for the front page, the Sunday Business section, the Talking Business column, and post regular updates to the Black Hills Business Blog.”

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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.