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Chris Roush
American author and college journalism professor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chris Roush is a journalism professor and author in the United States. He was dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, from 2019 to 2023.[1]
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Early life
Roush was born in Opelika, Alabama and attended high school in suburban Atlanta.[2] He graduated from Auburn University in 1987 and received his master's degree from the University of Florida in 1990.[3] His father was historian Gerald Roush.[4]
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Roush worked as a business journalist for The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, The Tampa Tribune, BusinessWeek magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bloomberg News and SNL FInancial, where he was editor in chief and launched Insurance Investor magazine, from 1989 to 2002.[5]
He taught business journalism at Washington & Lee University in 2001-01 and the University of Richmond in 2001-02.
At UNC-Chapel Hill, he was the Walter E. Hussman, Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at University of North Carolina.[6][7] While he was senior associate dean of the School of Media and Journalism from 2011 to 2015 and director of the master's program from 2007 to 2010.[8]
He won the 2009 Charles E. Scripps Award for Journalism Education, a national teacher of the year honor given by the Scripps Howard Foundation in collaboration with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.[3]
He is the author of "The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street."[9] He has written ten books, most recently The Future of Business Journalism: Why It Matters for Wall Street and Main Street.[5] He is the founder of Talking Biz News, a news website about business journalists.[10] Roush also wrote books on the history of Hickory-based Alex Lee food business; Progress Energy; and a biography of famed Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.[11]
He also oversaw the publication of “Master Class: Teaching Advice for Journalism and Mass Communication Instructors,” a book produced by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication standing committee on teaching.[12]
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