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WSJ hires Prang to cover breaking news

Allison Prang

Allison Prang, a community banking reporter at American Banker, has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to cover breaking news.

She starts Oct. 5.

“American Banker has been so good to me, and I’m thankful for all of the people who have helped me become a better journalist here,” said Prang in an email to Talking Biz News.

For the past 15 months, Prang has been at American Banker. Before that, she was at the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier, covering tech and tourism.

She graduated from the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and minored in political science and sociology. During her college career, she interned at The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, The Kansas City Star, The Indianapolis Star, The Mash by the Chicago Tribune and the St. Louis Beacon.

In 2012, she won an honorable mention in the Best in Business contest put on by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

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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