Bloomberg taps Edwards as new ME for weekends in Americas

John Edwards III

Alan Goldstein, global executive editor for weekends at Bloomberg News, sent out the following on Friday:

Colleagues,
I’m pleased to announce that John Edwards III will be the new managing editor for Weekends Americas, effective June 13. As TL for the US Consumer team, John brings our group a wide range of experience with company news. He’ll continue to be based in New York.
Shiyin Chen’s relocation from Los Angeles to London, where she’s taking over as managing editor for Weekends Europe, is now set for June 1.
Please join me in wishing both of them well in their new positions.
–Alan

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.