Kelley Root, the executive editor of Crain’s Detroit Business, is leaving the publication to explore new opportunities.
Her last day is Sept. 2. She joined the publication in March 2020.
Root was previously at The Detroit News, and was named managing editor in 2019. She held a series of senior editor roles since joining The News in 2004. She had been metro editor, a stint that included supervising the reporting team covering Detroit’s bankruptcy, which won multiple national and local journalism awards.
She previously spent 15 years at the Grand Rapids Press as a reporter and assistant city editor.