Gilchrest named ME of Upstate Business Journal in South Carolina

Ryan Gilchrest

Ryan Gilchrest has been hired as managing editor for the Greenville Journal and Upstate Business Journal.

A story on its website states, “He oversees the reporting staff and plans news and business coverage for both print and online editions.

“A journalist since 1998, Gilchrest has been a managing editor for news organizations in South Carolina and Virginia for the past decade. Over the course of his career, he has covered a wide range of topics and overseen everything from sports coverage to digital production.”

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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.