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St. Louis TV biz editor has died

Bruce Barnhart, who worked as the business editor and reporter for KSDK Channel 5 in St. Louis from 1987 to 2004, has died at the age of 54.

Mike Bush of KSDK writes, “For the better part of two decades, Barnhart was the financial advisor for the bi-state area, as NewsChannel 5’s Money Matters correspondent. He helped St. Louis viewers navigate through the often rough financial waters.

“After graduating from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in journalism, he had a long career as a local financial advisor and broker.

“A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., he loved everything Michigan sports, but was also an avid Cardinals fan.

“He died, surrounded by his family, after a brave fight with cancer.”

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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.