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Variety promotes Stephan to film reporter

Katcy Stephan

Katcy Stephan has been promoted to film reporter at entertainment industry publication Variety.

William Earl of Variety writes, “Stephan joined Variety in 2021 as social media editor. Under her leadership, Variety’s cumulative social footprint across major platforms has nearly doubled, reaching 12 million total followers as of this month across TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook and other platforms.

“With her advancement to reporter, Stephan will focus on news, features and analysis related content deals and business activity at Hollywood’s major studios and independent film distributors. She will also serve as Variety‘s primary reporter covering talent agencies and management firms. Based in Los Angeles, Stephan reports to Brent LangVariety‘s executive editor who oversees all film and media coverage.”

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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.

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