Dallas Biz Journal names Anderson its editor

Will Anderson

The Dallas Business Journal has named Austin Business Journal managing editor Will Anderson its editor in chief.

Assistant managing editor Bill Hethcock writes, “Anderson has been the Austin Business Journal’s managing editor for the past five years, and prior to that spent three years as ABJ’s digital editor.

“‘Will has been a tremendous asset to Austin and he will be missed wide and far. We’ve launched a national search to fill his huge shoes,’ ABJ Editor Colin Pope said.

“Born in the Chicago area, Anderson grew up along the East Coast and moved to Texas in 2001. He is a 2011 University of Texas graduate with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Anderson started his journalism career as a sports reporter, covering college football, basketball, Formula 1 racing and other events as a stringer for the Associated Press and Austin-area publications. At one point, Anderson worked as the managing editor of The Williamson County Sun, a 146-year-old community paper north of Austin in Georgetown.”

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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.