Chris Roush (born October 20, 1964) is a journalism professor and author in the United States, He is the dean of the School of Communications at

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in Hamden, Connecticut. He previously was the Walter E. Hussman, Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at

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Early life

Roush was born in

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. He graduated from

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

in 1987 and received his master's degree from the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

in 1990.

Career

He taught business journalism at

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in 2001-01 and the

University of Richmond The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School ...

in 2001-02. At UNC-Chapel Hill, 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. He worked as a business journalist for '' The Sarasota Herald-Tribune'', ''

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'', ''

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'' magazine, ''

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'', ''

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'' and SNL FInancial, where he was editor in chief and launched Insurance Investor magazine. He has written the textbook ''Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication'', and a history of business journalism, ''Profits and Losses: Business Journalism and its Role in Society''. He is a co-author of ''The SABEW Stylebook''. In 2010, he was named Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He's the founder of ''Talking Biz News'', a news website about business journalists.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roush, Chris 1964 births Living people University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty Auburn University alumni University of Florida alumni American business and financial journalists