Triangle Biz Journal reporter Brummett departing

Laura Brummett

Laura Brummett, who covers restaurants, retail and hospitality for the Triangle Business Journal, is leaving the publication on March 15.

She is taking a content marketing role at Relias. Brummett has been with the Business Journal since August 2021.

Brummett previously was the city editor for RALToday, the Raleigh-based newsletter from 6AM City.

She previously interned at The (Raleigh) News & Observer, tech news site GrepBeat and The Sanford Herald.

Brummett is a business journalism graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill.

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.