Adweek hires Canton as reporter

Rafael Canton

Adweek has hired Rafael Canton as a breaking news reporter covering brand marketing.

Canton has been freelancing for the past seven years. His work has appeared in VICE, Complex, SNY and Bleacher Report.

He has also worked for Glamour, Sneaker Report and Complex Media.

Canton is a University of Massachusetts-Amherst graduate.

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.