Franco departing Charlotte Biz Journal for new ACBJ role

Elise Franco

Charlotte Business Journal reporter Elise Franco is leaving the publication for a new role at American City Business Journals, the parent company.

Franco has been also been a staff writer for the Charlotte and Richmond Inno markets, covering local technology, startups, growth and innovation through stories, events and a weekly newsletter the Beat.

She previously worked for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal as a business reporter covering companies such as Milliken and BMW. She was also a reporter at the Shelby Star in North Carolina and the Youngstown Vindicator in Ohio.

Franco holds a bachelor’s degree from Kent State 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.