Executive editor Ransom among the Inc. layoffs

Diana Ransom

Executive editor Diana Ransom was among the layoffs at Inc. magazine this week.

She has been with the publication for nearly 12 years.

Ransom has covered several presidential campaigns, a couple of recessions and one major health crisis for a variety of outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, The Christian Science Monitor and others.

She was also co-host of the magazine’s flagship podcast “From the Ground Up.”

Over the years, she has led several major packages for the publication including Female Founders 500 and Ignition Schools, as well as (RIP) Inc.’s 30 Under 30 and Coolest College Startups.

She is based in New York and teaches feature writing in the business and economic reporting master’s program at New York 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.