Senior editorial director Brown among CNET layoffs

Rich Brown

Senior editorial director Rich Brown was among the layoffs at tech news site CNET.

Brown was the editorial lead for CNET’s Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Brown ran CNET’s desktop computer review section for 10 years in New York City. He had been at CNET since 20023.

He has worked as a tech journalist since 1994, covering everything from 3D printing to Z-Wave smart locks. He previously worked for PC Magazine.

Brown is a graduate of the University of Vermont.

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.