Augusta biz editor moves to PR

Damon Cline, the business editor of The Augusta Chronicle, is leaving the newspaper to become a public information specialist at the Medical College of Georgia’s Division of University Advancement, Office of Strategic Communications.
The decision to leave the newspaper was not an easy one for Cline, who has wanted to be a journalists since he was a child. His parents wanted him to be a welder, but he instead followed his heart.
Cline says his new job will involve important work. He will focus on publications for an institution that is, "not only crucial to the economy of the Augusta metro area but also crucial to future of health care throughout the region." In his column, "Scuttlebiz," he thanks readers and bids farewell.

"My favorite assignment, without a doubt, has been covering business news for The Augusta Chronicle during the past decade. Ten years is not long compared to many journalism careers – there are people who sit less than 50 feet from me who have been in the business nearly a half-century – but it is the longest tenure of any business reporter/editor in modern history at The Chronicle, a publication known as “The South’s Oldest Newspaper.”

The next crop of business journalists is ready to bring you the local financial news of the day. I leave the business section of this newspaper in the capable hands of senior business reporter Tim Rausch, who will be taking over in the interim while my full-time replacement is sought. Tim’s interim duties also include taking over this column, so, after I am gone, Scuttlebiz will live on."