Fortune names Roberts its finance editor

Jeff John Roberts

Fortune magazine has named Jeff John Roberts its finance editor, overseeing the intersection between money and power.

Roberts has been the magazine’s crypto editor and will still write about cryptocurrencies.

He rejoined Fortune in June 2022 after being executive editor at Decrypt Media. He previously covered legal issues in the tech industry for Fortune.

Roberts also was a reporter for Gigaom cover media and the legal industry.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University and a master’s degree from Columbia 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.