Forbes hires Cao to cover internet and creator economy

Steffi Cao

Forbes has hired Steffi Cao as a reporter covering the internet and creator economy.

She will start next month.

Cao has been an internet culture reporter for BuzzFeed. She previously was a trends editor for the publication. She also writes a newsletter called it’s steffi.

Cao has also freelanced for Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, MTV News, Bustle and Eater.

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.