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This site is managed by Chris Roush, who serves as the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University located in Hamden, Connecticut. Before his role at Quinnipiac, he taught courses such as “Writing and Reporting,” “Business Reporting,” “Economics Reporting,” and “Business and the Media” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he held the title of Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism. Additionally, Roush was the director of the Carolina Business News Initiative, which provides undergraduate students with a major in business journalism and offers training opportunities for professionals in the field.

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TheStreet.com anchor Gittens departs

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Conway Gittens, an anchor at TheStreet.com, has left the news organization after a year. He also was a video producer. Gittens previously was managing editor of Fintech.TV. Gittens also spent 25 years at Reuters as a correspondent for its video operations, which he left in December 2021. He is a graduate of LIU-Brooklyn and a board member of the New York Financial Writers’ Association.
Morning Consult, ACBJ launch consumer index for 46 cities

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Morning Consult and American City Business Journals have launched the Metropolitan Consumer Sentiment Index, a new quarterly data set that tracks shifts in consumer confidence across 46 U.S. metropolitan areas. The index offers visibility into how major economic, political, and policy changes are shaping consumer confidence at the metro level — where economic decisions are actually made and felt. ACBJ will publish coverage of the findings across all of its regional business publications.
Martineau departs The Information

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Paris Martineau, a reporter at tech news site The Information, left the news organization last week. She had been there nearly five years and was a tech and investigative reporter. Martineau previously worked at Wired magazine. Martineau also worked at The Outlineas a staff writer, covering tech news, social media manipulation, and privacy. Before that she wrote for select all — New York magazine’s tech blog — about internet culture, dank memes, and life online.
Black departs The Information

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

The Information reporter Julia Black, who had been covering tech policy and the Trump administration since the beginning of the year, has left the news organization. She has been writing features about the companies and people in the tech world since joining the tech news site in July 2023. She previously was at Insider as a senior correspondent.
Houston Landing is closing after three years

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

The Houston Landing board has voted to shut down the nonprofit newsroom in the face of financial challenges. A story on its website states, “Although Houston Landing launched with significant seed funding, it has been unable to build additional revenue streams to support ongoing operations. “The newsroom anticipates it will cease publishing by mid-May of this year. This timeline will enable Houston Landing to facilitate a thoughtful transition.
Fortune hires Blum to be energy editor

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Fortune has hired Jordan Blum as its energy editor. He is based in Houston. Blum previously was editorial director for Hart Energy and senior oil editor for S&P Global. He also spent nearly five years at the Houston Chronicle as its energy reporter. He also worked at the Houston Business Journal. Blum was Washington bureau chief for The Advocate in Washington, D.C., where he reported on politics and regulation, including energy.
Hautala, formerly with CNET, becomes News Tribune opinion editor

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Former CNET reporter Laura Hautala has become the opinion editor at The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington. She was with CNET for nearly eight years, most recently covering Amazon and e-commerce with in-depth investigations, spot features and breaking news. Before that, she covers cybersecurity and privacy. She has been freelancing for the past two years covering climate science and technology. Hautala also wrote about labor and employment law for the Daily Journal from San Francisco.
LA Times deputy biz editor Rubin joining Politico

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Joel Rubin, the deputy business editor at the Los Angeles Times, is joining Politico as its first-ever California senior policy editor.
Rutberg, financial editor for Fairchild, dies at 101

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

Sidney Rutberg, the highly respected and longtime financial editor and columnist for Fairchild Publications, March 25 at the age of 101. Jean E. Palmieri of Women’s Wear Daily writes, “Rutberg joined Fairchild Publications in 1949 as a buyers arrival reporter and worked his way up to both financial editor and a columnist where he penned both ‘The Street’ and ‘Hey Dad’ for Fairchild’s flagship publication, Women’s Wear Daily.
MarketWatch.com seeks a reporter to cover Musk and EVs

1 week ago | talkingbiznews.com | Chris Roush

MarketWatch seeks an ambitious reporter to join its technology team to cover the business interests of Elon Musk, from Tesla to SpaceX, X, Neuralink, Xai and The Boring Co.Musk is one of the most consequential CEOs of our time. He runs the world’s most valuable automaker, which is competing with rivals in the U.S. and China to dominate the electric-car market.