Dallas Biz Journal staff photographer Dean dies

Jake Dean

Jake Dean, a staff photographer at the Dallas Business Journal, died Saturday.

Editor in chief Jeffrey Schnick writes, “As a publication that serves an executive audience, Jake had to wear a few distinct hats. He required the creative touch of a portrait photographer (posed, candid and conceptual), the adaptability of a documentarian (photos, video and scripts) and the deftness of a technician (apertures, Drobo drives and mirrorless).

“Leaning into my management playbook, the ideal answer proved to delegate that trust to Jake and rely on his expertise. Fortunately, he obliged, likely for the sake of his sanity.”

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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.