Skift promotes Jorden to associate editor and archivist

Rashaad Jorden

Travel industry news site Skift has promoted Rashaad Jorden to the role of associate editor and archivist.

He has been a freelancer and editorial assistant for Skift for the past two years.

“Not many media companies have archivists, certainly none a decade-old, but the creation of this job shows forward-thinking and a confidence that Skift’s work through the years can reach new audiences,” said editor in chief Tom Lowry in a note to the staff.

Jorden was previously a staff writer for Ethical Traveler. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Coppin State University and a master’s degree from Leeds Beckett 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.