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AME May departs Modern Healthcare after 36 years

David May

David May, an assistant managing editor at Modern Healthcare who had been at the publication for more than 36 years, has left the publication as part of the cuts made by parent Crain Communications.

He coordinated and edited the weekly opinion section of the magazine, including Guest Comment and Letters pages. May also edited the News Makers and Regional News pages.

He joined Modern Healthcare in 1989 and was the magazine’s copy desk chief before becoming an assistant managing editor.

Earlier in his career he was the copy desk chief for the Daily Herald, a newspaper that covers Chicago’s suburbs, and a copy editor at the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northern Illinois University.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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