News editor Temperton among the Wired layoffs

James Temperton

News editor James Temperton has been laid off at Wired magazine.

“I can’t thank my colleagues enough for all the incredible work, the compassion, and the support,” he wrote on LinkedIn.

He has been based in Montreal for the past two years and previously served as deputy editor.

Before that, he held the posts of reporter, acting deputy digital editor, senior editor and digital editor. He launched the daily newsletter briefing Wired Awake.

He reported and edited for Dennis Publishing and worked at Incisive Media.

Temperton has a B.A. and M.A. from Cardiff 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.