Categories: OLD Media Moves

Sports reporter moves to biz desk, asks for help

Haskel Burns, a sports reporter for the Hattiesburg American in Mississippi, is moving to the business news desk, and he needs some help.

Burns writes, “Because I’m new to the whole news side of things, I don’t really know what’s going on in the Pine Belt’s business world just yet. I need to make some acquaintances, see some new faces, and get an idea of what’s going on in the Hub City and beyond.

“So if any of you out there are business owners or managers and want to promote an upcoming event, let me know.

“Or if anybody out there knows about a new business opening, or even an old one closing, contact me about that as well.

“If your business is moving, expanding or going through any kind of change, I’ll be glad to talk to you about that too.”

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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.