Union-Tribune puts “Career Advice” column in hiatus

Phil Blair’s “Career Advice” column will not run in the San Diego Union-Tribune business section on Mondays for at least a couple of months, reports readers representative Adrian Vore.

Vore reports, “That’s because he is running for one of three open seats on the Del Mar City Council. His column last appeared Aug. 24.

“‘We don’t want to give someone a platform,’ said business editor Diana McCabe.

“He also participates in Sunday’s U-T Econometer feature. He’ll be on hiatus for that, as well.

“Business columnist Neil Senturia has a connection to a political campaign. He is married to San Diego City Councilwoman Barbara Bry, who is running against Assemblyman Todd Gloria for San Diego mayor.

“Senturia writes the ‘I’m There for You Baby’ venture-capital column that appears on Mondays. Readers will continue to see his articles, however, because he is not the candidate. But McCabe said the columns must not mention Bry (which they don’t anyway) or discuss San Diego politics.”

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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.