Texas paper introduces new Monday business section

The Victoria Advocate newspaper in Texas has introduced a new Monday business section called Business Report.

Editor Chris Cobler writes, “This long-standing philosophy has led us to introduce our Business Report, a new section every Monday aimed at providing you the insight needed to make smart decisions about your company. Good leaders know this business-to-business conversation is essential.

“Business Report will spotlight the success stories of Crossroads business leaders and feature experts offering insights into your industry and our economy. The section also will be packed with data helping you make better decisions about your company’s growth.

“Business reporter Taylor Tompkins has been working for months planning the new section. A Texas State University graduate, Tompkins brings to the Advocate her experience working on the business desk of the San Antonio Express-News and at Texas Monthly. Joining her is reporter Rye Druzin, who has spent the past year analyzing the oil and gas industry for the Midland Reporter-Telegram.”

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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.