Chris Roush is founding director of the Carolina Business News Initiative, which provides training for professional journalists and students at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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. The judges noted that Roush “has become the expert in business journalism — not just at Chapel Hill, but throughout the country and even in other parts of the world.”

He is the author of two books about business journalism – “Show Me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication” (second edition, 2010) and “Profits and Losses: Business Journalism and its Role in Society” (second edition, 2011). He is the co-author of “The SABEW Stylebook: 2,000 Business Terms Defined and Rated” (2012).

Roush has been quoted about business journalism in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and American Journalism Review and has written about business journalism in Columbia Journalism Review and American Journalism Review.

He blogs about business journalism at www.talkingbiznews.com, which won a Society of American Business Editors and Writers “Best in Business” award in March 2010. He has also created a website on the history of business journalism at www.bizjournalismhistory.org and a website for college students interested in business journalism at www.collegebizjournalism.org.

Roush has led business journalism training sessions for media organizations such as the Associated Press, Reuters, The Motley Fool, Media General newspapers, The Orlando Sentinel, The Mobile Register, the South Carolina Press Association, the International Center for Journalists and newspapers throughout North Carolina. He has also worked with media outlets and universities in South Africa to improve business journalism in that country.

He is author or co-author of books about Home Depot (1999), Pacific Coast Feather Co. (2006), Alex Lee Inc. (2006) and Progress Energy (2009). He has also taught business journalism at Washington & Lee University and the University of Richmond.

Latest Stories by Chris Roush

• When a biz journalist’s phone records get seized

  With the controversy of the U.S. attorney general seizing phone records of Associated Press reporters, Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times writes about when the phone records of a business journalist who wrote critically about a company were stolen. Morgenson writes, “The phone records theft took place in July of that year. The matter

• Financial firms seeking Bloomberg alternative

  Nathaniel Popper of The New York Times reports about how some Wall Street firms are seeking an alternative to Bloomberg LP’s services in the wake of the data and news service company’s snooping scandal. Popper writes, “Two competitors to Bloomberg — Thomson Reuters and Markit — have already signed an agreement to develop the technology,

• Companies review health plans

  The Wall Street Journal had an interesting and important piece on how employers, especially those with lower-earning workforces, are looking to provide coverage in order to comply with the Affordable Care Act. Here are some of the details of what companies are considering: Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain penalties

• Dallas paper hires consumer watchdog columnist

  Dave Lieber, the consumer watchdog columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram who was laid off after 20 years at the paper in January, has been hired by the Dallas Morning News. Lieber’s inaugural column with the Morning News will be published on Friday, May 31. His column will run every Friday and Sunday. “Dave has one

• ACBJ invests in Newsle

  American City Business Journals, the Charlotte-based owner of 40 weekly business newspapers, is the lead investor in a round of investing into Newsle, which  lets users find published articles that mention their contacts or people they’ve chosen to follow on the service. Newsle raised $1.65 million in the round of venture financing. The company also