Executive editor Pearson among the Vice layoffs

Jordan Pearson

Jordan Pearson, the executive editor of technology coverage at Vice, was among the layoffs earlier this week.

Pearson ran its Motherboard technology and science site.

He previously had been managing editor and a senior editor. He started at Motherboard as a staff writer and was executive producer of its “Cryptoland” documentary series.

Pearson holds a bachelor’s degree from Western 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.