Talk:Chris Roush

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I'd like to add this factual information

While at UNC, he also taught business journalism as a visiting professor or Fulbright Scholar at the University of Navarra in Spain, Universidad de los Andes in Chile, Moscow State University in Russia and Durban University of Technology in South Africa.

He is the author or co-author of 11 books. Five of the books are about business journalism, including "The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street," published in 2022 by Georgetown University Press. His other books include "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Profits and Losses: Business Journalism and its Role in Society."

He also has written extensively about business journalism in other formats.

His books include "Inside Home Depot: How One Company Revolutionized an Industry," published by McGraw-Hill.

Roush has been nationally recognized for his teaching. The Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication named him “Journalism Teacher of the Year” in 2010. He also has been named the “North Carolina Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He also edited “Master Class: Teaching Advice for Journalism and Mass Communication Instructors.”

I have citations for all of these -- news articles and Amazon -- so not sure why they keep getting deleted. Sgschanze (talk) 00:58, 4 March 2024 (UTC)— Sgschanze (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

See below. Please place the citations you want to add on this page, with links, so that editors not connected with the subject can determine what is to be added and not added to the article. You may find this essay to be helpful: Wikipedia:Guide to effective COI edit requests Coretheapple (talk) 15:34, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does Wikipedia not accept content from edu websites? I understand Amazon. A lot of this content comes from university websites. Sgschanze (talk) 01:25, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not directly edit the article per WP:COI. The fact that you have edited only this article suggests that you are governed by that behavioral guideline. It requires transparency of COI which you have not provided. If you have been paid by the subject to edit this article you are subject to WP:PAID. Some of what you have been seeking to add are press releases or are promotional and not notable. The fact that those press releases come from "edu" websites is immaterial. Some is routine and not notable, such as the article subject being quoted. That belongs in a resume. This is not the place for article subjects and persons with close connections to post their resumes.

Since you are here, apparently, solely to edit this article and to promote its subject, it would save everyone a great deal of time if you would comply with WP:COI. I pointed out WP:COI on your user page. Please comply. Thank you. Coretheapple (talk) 15:28, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am not the subject, and have not been paid to edit this article. This is my first time editing an article, and I do know the person and thought I would start here. In my last edit, I used citations from reputable newspapers and other news organizations, not edu and not press releases. I thought I was following WP: COI, which I have read. I'm sorry to have bothered you. I thought I was helping, but apparently not. Sgschanze (talk) 16:09, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought this article from a Connecticut news site had some useful background information based on an interview: https://www.zip06.com/person-of-the-week/20220706/chris-roush-business-and-journalism-101/

This was about his most recent book: https://observer.com/2022/07/why-business-journalism-serves-wall-street-not-main-street-a-qa-with-christopher-roush/

This had information about one of his teaching awards: https://www.icfj.org/about/profiles/chris-roush

This has information about another teaching award and him teaching in South Africa: http://hussman.unc.edu/homepage-news-slot-23-merged/unc-j-schools-chris-roush-named-nc-professor-of-the-year

This had information about him teaching in Chile: http://hussman.unc.edu/news/roush-future-business-journalism-chile

Please guide me on how to include these, or should I leave that to you? Sgschanze (talk) 16:18, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the list of links. Thank you. Coretheapple (talk) 16:23, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What I would also like to add, but the citations are not showing:

While dean, he oversaw the School's first five-year strategic plan. Roush launched the Quinnipiac Podcast Studio, the Open-Air Studio and Ability Media. He also oversaw the creation of multiple scholarships, including the Barry Sacks Sports Journalism Scholarship.

While at Quinnipiac, he oversaw new curriculum approved by the faculty -- the financial communication minor, the public diplomacy minor, the talent management major and the master's in cinematic production management. He also started the School of Communications Hall of Fame.

While at UNC, he also taught business journalism as a visiting professor or Fulbright Scholar at the University of Navarra in Spain, Universidad de los Andes in Chile, Moscow State University in Russia and Durban University of Technology in South Africa.

He is the author or co-author of 11 books. Five of the books are about business journalism, including "The Future of Business Journalism: Why it Matters for Wall Street and Main Street," published in 2022 by Georgetown University Press. His other books include "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Profits and Losses: Business Journalism and its Role in Society."

He also has written extensively about business journalism in other formats.

Roush has been nationally recognized for his teaching. The Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication named him “Journalism Teacher of the Year” in 2010. He also has been named the “North Carolina Professor of the Year” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. He also edited “Master Class: Teaching Advice for Journalism and Mass Communication Instructors.”

How do I send you the citations? Sgschanze (talk) 16:30, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just go back and put them after what you wish to see reflected in the article. Just click on "edit source" and pop them in after every one. Coretheapple (talk) 16:55, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I will wait to see them in the article. Thanks for your help. I have been looking at the tutorials; they just are confusing in some places. And my "mentor" hasn't logged in for 14 days. Sgschanze (talk) 17:06, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that everyone here is a volunteer. Therefore if and when you add links to what you want to add, it can be handled by me or anyone, and some and perhaps most will not be added if you are simply trying to re-add what was removed previously. Much of what you sought to add was routine "resume" stuff or promotional and trivial in character, and/or sourced to press releases issued by the university in which Roush was employed. The North Haven website is a conduit for press releases, for example. When press releases are "washed" through websites they are still press releases. Coretheapple (talk) 17:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I didn't realize the North Haven website, so I found another one that was better -- the Zip06 article. I will now simply wait and just post links here. I thought the press releases simply were regurgitating basic background information that wasn't up for debate. I thought that was the kind of stuff that Wikipedia wanted, if it wasn't included in the first place. It seems that was similar to what was already on the page. Sgschanze (talk) 17:30, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While dean, he oversaw the School's first five-year strategic plan. Roush launched the Quinnipiac Podcast Studio, the Open-Air Studio and Ability Media. He also oversaw the creation of multiple scholarships, including the Barry Sacks Sports Journalism Scholarship. -- citation here, which is already used in the bio https://quchronicle.com/82383/featured/qu-school-of-communications-dean-chris-roush-resigns/

He also started the School of Communications Hall of Fame. -- https://q30tv.com/news/quinnipiac-school-of-communications-dean-steps-down/

University of Navarra reference -- https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2009/03/unc-spanish-school-trade-professorsbr

Universidad de los Andes reference -- http://hussman.unc.edu/news/roush-teaches-business-journalism-chile

Moscow State University reference -- https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/u-s-business-journalisms-issues-are-nothing-compared-to-those-in-russia-2/

Durban University reference and teaching awards reference -- https://uncnewsarchive.unc.edu/2010/11/18/uncs-chris-roush-named-nc-professor-of-the-year-2/

His writing about business journalism included on Google Scholar -- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jiZZLxoAAAAJ&hl=en 174.99.74.215 (talk) 17:54, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for these. I don't want to repeat myself, so I won't. Please see what I wrote earlier, please read WP:RS, and please also read WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT. Coretheapple (talk) 18:01, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I did read those. I guess I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. These all seem just factual and not puffery. I work in journalism, and I respect what I believe are good sources. And I see a lot on Wikipedia that is, to use your words -- routine "resume" stuff. It's what I use Wikipedia for when I'm trying to educate myself on a topic of person. 174.99.74.215 (talk) 18:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I certainly sympathize as there is a great deal of utter garbage on Wikipedia (far worse than use of blogs and so on). That is why the fact that WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is of no import. Coretheapple (talk) 19:12, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By the way I would suggest editing and commenting when logged on, since you do have an account and switching between a registered account and an IP is not optimal. Coretheapple (talk) 19:14, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When you wrote this -- Just go back and put them after what you wish to see reflected in the article. Just click on "edit source" and pop them in after every one -- do you mean I should put them in with the citations? 174.99.74.215 (talk) 19:14, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I meant here, on the talk page. But you have already done that, so no further action is needed to convey what you want added. Coretheapple (talk) 19:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thank you. I appreciate your patience. This has been very frustrating, but you have helped me. Maybe I will try to edit something else. 174.99.74.215 (talk) 19:24, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In other words,

"Joe Blow Won the Pulitzter." www.reliablewebsite.com/joeblow343.html

That is what I mean. You did it already. Coretheapple (talk) 19:24, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess what I don't understand is that when I come to Wikipedia, I'm looking for a complete rundown/biographical information about someone or an issue. That's what I lot of journalists I know do. It helps us if it's comprehensive. They don't bother to search around to see what else has been published about a topic. 174.99.74.215 (talk) 19:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any journalist who comes to Wikipedia "looking for a complete rundown" on any subject is not much of a journalist, in my personal opinion. Anyway, thanks again. Coretheapple (talk) 19:35, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify: I don't mean that to refer to you or to any particular person. It's just my personal opinion that journalists should do their own research and not rely upon Wikipedia except as a guide to the existence of sources. Full stop. And not a complete guide by any means. In the subject areas I sometimes edit, the quality of the articles is appalling. They are slanted and horrid, and there is not a darn thing that one can do about it. One policy that Wikipedia employs, incidentally, is that Wikipedia is not a reliable source for other Wikipedia articles. Anyway this is far afield and we are drifting off-topic. Coretheapple (talk) 22:51, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Coretheapple,

I've been giving this a lot of thought the last two days, and I don't think editing and writing Wikipedia entries is for me. I thought I could apply my journalism skills and training over 20 years at places such as Bloomberg News, but I was wrong.

What I have learned is that my motives will be questioned without first being asked who I am and why I'm here, and that my profession will be criticized. And that even though I sought help, the advice I received was uneven and incomplete and in the end hurt my efforts.

That's not a place where I want to be. I have enough stress and criticism in my life. 174.99.74.215 (talk) 15:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Wikipedia can be a stressful place when one focuses as you do on a single, obscure person (who you claim not to know), when that subject is notable by virtue of an academic position but is otherwise little known, and when you insist, over and over and over again, that the article on this person you don't know to cover things like "oversaw a five-year strategic plan" that belong in a resume, not a Wikipedia article. Lastly, I've asked you multiple times to edit when logged in, and taken (and obviously wasted) time to explain to you why that is in your interests. I pointed out that you risk giving the impression that the IP and the registered account are two different people, and how that can create problems. You won't do it. It's "stressful." Coretheapple (talk) 16:53, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This just proves my point. You don't read what I said. I said above that "I do know the person and thought I would start here." Where have I "insisted, over and over and over again," that I didn't know the person. I made it very clear up above that I was going to start with someone I knew.

And you have not asked me multiple times to edit when logged in. I only have one message. And I replied and said thank you for the advice.

It's not worth my time when you twist the facts. Sgschanze (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies for reading that too hastily. It was a good-faith mistake, and had you decided to edit here you would have found both WP:AGF and WP:MASTODON would be helpful. Appreciate your acknowledgment of COI. Coretheapple (talk) 21:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)