Categories: OLD Media Moves

South Dakota paper names new biz reporter

Reporter Kay Nguyen is taking over the business and consumer beat at the Aberdeen American News in South Dakota, reports JJ Perry of the paper.

Perry writes, “The transition will be taking place over the next week.

“Nguyen joined the staff in summer 2012, where she began primarily covering K-12 education, eventually taking over higher education duties.

“But she’s done so much more, up to and including recent EB-5 reporting.

“She is also designated the newsroom’s ‘digital specialist,’ helping to manage AberdeenNews.com and devise features for online.

“In her new role, Nguyen will be taking over the popular Community Business section on Fridays, offering the kinds of tidbits consumers are looking for.”

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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.