Triangle Biz Journal names Troyer editor in chief

Rebecca Troyer

The Triangle Business Journal has named Rebecca Troyer its editor in chief, replacing Sougata Mukherjee, who recently became its publisher.

Digital editor David Purtell writes, “Troyer has had multiple roles for American City Business Journals, TBJ’s parent company based in Charlotte. She was most recently director, newsletter publications, for ACBJ as well as a regional editor. Before that, Troyer led the Denver Business Journal newsroom as editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021 following a stint as editor-in-chief of the Triad Business Journal in Greensboro.

“‘I’m thrilled to be back in the TBJ newsroom,’ Troyer said. ‘We’ll continue to deliver the business intelligence our Greater Triangle readers have come to expect from our award-winning news team.’

“Troyer’s journalism career also includes time as opinion editor at The Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia, where she was responsible for writing editorials, moderating public events and leading meetings of the editorial board. She received numerous state and national awards during her tenure as an editorial writer. Troyer was also a business reporter and editorial board member at the Herald-Times in Bloomington, Indiana.”

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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.