Central Penn Biz Journal, Lehigh Valley Biz hire Long as ME

Ernie Long

Ernie Long has been hired as managing editor of Lehigh Valley Business and the Central Penn Business Journal, both BridgeTower Media publications.

Long had been at the Morning Call in Allentown for the 34 years, most recently as content editor in charge of sports content.

He was also an assistant sports editor, a desk editor and copy chief, a reporter and a sports news assistant.

Long holds a degree in English from Bloomsburg 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.