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WSJ staffers named to Rising Stars list

The News Media Alliance announced the recipients of its Rising Star awards (previously the Top 30 Under 30 Awards) at mediaXchange 2017, being held this week at the New Orleans Marriott.

The awards program honors young leaders working in every aspect of the news media who are contributing to the future success of the industry.

Recipients had to be under the age of 30 on March 31, 2017 to be considered for the award.

The winners from business journalism are:

Adya Beasley, Senior Video Journalist, The Wall Street Journal

Seven-time New York Emmy Award-winning video journalist for The Journal where she produces both short and long-form video news content for the newspaper’s page one stories.

Emily Glazer, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Glazer writes about J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for The Journal from New York and Los Angeles. She covers all aspects of banking in addition to broader industry trends. She previously wrote about global bankruptcy and restructuring for The Journal’s deals team.

Robert Copeland, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

Copeland hedge funds for the Money and Investing section. He also writes page one investigative features.

See all of the winners here.

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.