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Texas biz editor promoted to ME

Dawn Cobb, who has been the business editor of the Denton Record-Chronicle in Texas, has been promoted to managing editor of the paper, according to a story Wednesday.

The story stated, “‘Dawn has been instrumental in many of the design changes we have made to many of our niche publications. She will continue this effort with the Record-Chronicle, making it more useful and relevant,’ said Record-Chron­icle Publisher Bill Patterson.

“Cobb has worked with the Denton Publishing Company since 1986, most recently serving as editor of the Denton Business Chronicle and as business editor for the Record-Chronicle in addition to overseeing numerous special publications.

“‘Dawn has been a valuable member of the DR-C newsroom,’ Patterson said. ‘She has taken various leadership positions and has excelled at each of them. Most recently, she has developed the DR-C business coverage to include the launch two years ago of Denton Business Chronicle.  She also led the successful launch of Kid Life in August of this year. This publication is aimed at elementary school students and their parents and distributed through take-home packets in the DISD.'”

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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.

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  • It's nice to see a business editor promoted to ME. I'm still waiting for the day when one is in the running for the job at major paper with the New York Times.

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