Stacker hires four new editorial staffers

Stacker, a news wire that offers data-driven business news stories, has hired four new editorial staffers.

They are:

— Matt Albasi as senior data reporter. He was previously an investigative reporter at Columbia University and Kinsa and was editor and publisher of a Pennsylvania newspaper;

— Elisa Huang as deputy managing editor, studio. She previously held roles creating content at GOOD, Conde Nast and Time Inc.;

— Brian Budzynski as senior editor, who has an extensive background in B2B publishing;

— Sam Larson as data reporter

In addition to doubling its team last year, Stacker grew its average number of news sites that publish a given Stacker story by 500%, from 50 to more than 300, closed syndication partnerships with more than 15 media outlets, and grew its Studio business’ monthly revenue by 400%.

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.