Russell, editor at Law360, among the layoffs

Scott Russell

Scott Russell, an editor at Law360, was among the layoffs at the news organization on Thursday.

Russell had been with Law360 for the past year.

He previously was at Paste Magazine for a total of six years as a news editor and a music editor.

Russell holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida and a master’s degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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.