
The Omaha World-Herald has hired Rob McLean to be its business editor.
“I’ve missed business journalism,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “I miss learning about different industries, learning the ins and outs of companies and c-suite developments. Fortunately, an opportunity presented itself that I couldn’t pass up!
He most recently was politics breaking news editor for NBC News in New York.
McLean spent nine years as an editor for CNN Business and was also digital managing editor for 20 Hearst television stations.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska.