Valorzi, former Canadian Press biz editor, dies at 65

John Valorzi

John Valorzi, who was business editor of The Canadian Press from 1996 to 2012, died earlier this week at the age of 65.

A Canadian Press story states, “He joined The Canadian Press in 1980 as a temporary reporter-editor but was hired on full-time later that year. He moved to the business department in 1981.

“In 1987, he became CP’s Washington correspondent and went on to roles as Ontario news editor in 1991, Halifax bureau chief in 1993 and Toronto business editor from 1996 until retirement.

“‘He left an indelible mark on everyone who came into contact with him,’ said Sunny Freeman, CP’s current business editor and a former Valorzi protege.

“‘Whether you loved him or feared him, there is no doubt he shaped you into a better journalist.'”

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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.