Baltimore Biz Journal publisher Pringle to lead ACBJ diversity

Rhonda Pringle, the longtime Baltimore Business Journal publisher, has been named director, diversity business initiatives for American City Business Journals, reports Business Journal editor Joanna Sullivan.

Sullivan writes, “In this new role, Pringle will oversee the development of new national products centered around diversity and leadership, and be responsible for the operational, strategic and financial success of these new business initiatives.

“A search for a new market president in Baltimore is underway. Pringle’s promotion is effective Oct. 16.

“‘Rhonda’s passion for diversity and leadership coupled with her experience as a publisher, relationship builder and sales leader made her an obvious choice to lead this new business effort for ACBJ,’ said Mike Olivieri, executive vice president, president of local markets, at American City Business Journals.”

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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.