Fortune hires Hoffower as success editor

Hillary Hoffower

Fortune magazine has hired Hillary Hoffower to be its success editor.

Hoffower started on Wednesday.

She previously was an economics correspondent covering millennial wealth at Insider.

Hoffower focused on the intersection of youth culture and wealth, reporting on the lifestyles and economics of millennials and Gen Z. She covers trends in how these generations are living and spending and examines how the economy is shaping them and their financial behaviors.

She also reported on consumer spending and New York City’s economy, and previously wrote about the ultrarich and personal finance at Insider before joining its economy team.

Hoffower is a University of Florida graduate.

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.