SpaceNews hires Gruss as chief content and strategy officer

Mike Gruss

Mike Gruss, the former editor in chief of Defense News, has been hired as chief content and strategy officer of SpaceNews.

His job is to develop custom client-facing solutions, expand content offerings and enhance user experiences.

“Mike’s appointment as CCSO signals a transformative era for SpaceNews,” said Paige McCullough, president of SpaceNews. “With Mike’s strategic acumen and a deep understanding of the space and defense sectors, we are taking a significant step forward in our commitment to provide the space community with unparalleled insights and content.”

Gruss has been editor-in-chief of Military Times and Defense News, as well as four years as a senior reporter at SpaceNews, which launched in 1989.

He also spent nearly 10 years at The Virginian-Pilot as a reporter and columnist. Gruss is a graduate of Miami 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.