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Jacksonville Biz Journal hires Cohen as publisher

Mark Cohen

Mark Cohen has been named market president and publisher of Jacksonville Business Journal, effective immediately.

Cohen has more than over 35 years of media management experience and is familiar with the Jacksonville market, having worked at the Florida Times-Union as a sales leader.

He has experience in print, digital and events, and he has been a longtime proponent that good content must be aligned with audience needs.

“I’m thrilled to be able to welcome someone with Mark’s experience and familiarity with Jacksonville to lead our team here, and I am confident that his approach to business and people will be a great fit with the team and the business community,” American City Business Journals President Mike Olivieri said.

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.

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