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Baltimore Biz Journal taps Iannetta as editor in chief

Jessica Iannetta

Jessica Iannetta, who has been with the Baltimore Business Journal for more than six years, has been named editor-in-chief of the publication, effective Nov. 1.

Digital producer Joe Ilardi writes, “Iannetta joined the BBJ in 2018 as associate editor and was promoted to managing editor in 2019, a role she has held since then. As managing editor, she led reporters through daily breaking news coverage, oversaw production of the weekly print edition and helped craft in-depth features, exclusive stories and the daily newsletters. Iannetta succeeds longtime BBJ Editor-in-Chief Joanna Sullivan, who led the newsroom for more than 20 years until a recent promotion within the American City Business Journals chain

“‘It’s an honor to lead this newsroom of great journalists amid a time of exciting growth in Baltimore,’ Iannetta said Wednesday. ‘Joanna has left big shoes to fill, and I hope to follow her example and continue to successfully lead the BBJ through the changing times ahead.’

“Iannetta, a New Jersey native, got her start in 2015 as a staff reporter with the Cecil Whig in Cecil County. She was promoted to deputy editor at the paper in 2016 and joined the BBJ two years later. She interned with the Star-Ledger in New Jersey and the Denver Post during and after her time at Syracuse University, where she graduated with degrees in newspaper journalism and political science.”

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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.

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