Indianapolis Biz Journal hires Hays as news editor

Holly Hays

The Indianapolis Business Journal has hired Holly V. Hays as its news editor.

Hays is currently at the Indianapolis Star covering pop culture and entertainment — both how it enriches our lives and the ways Hoosiers have shaped it.

She has covered a variety of topics since joining IndyStar in 2016, including public safety, child welfare and city government. A Bloomington townie, Hays got her start working at the Herald-Times when she was 15 and has worked in news in some capacity ever since.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish from IU Bloomington and a master’s in philanthropic studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IU Indianapolis.

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.