Adweek promotes Ortiz to senior story editor over editing desk

Nicole Ortiz

Adweek has promoted Nicole Ortiz to senior story editor overseeing the other editors.

“Can’t wait to continue geeking out over copy editing and refining our web processes with this wonderful team,” she wrote on Twitter.

She had been senior editor overseeing op-eds and the Trending section of the publication

Ortiz has also been the community editor at Adweek, where she focuses on garnering op-ed pieces for the Voice channel and manages Adweek’s communities, such as the Advisory Board, Voice Network and Academic Council.

She also helps lead newsroom initiatives on diversity and inclusion. Ortiz previously served as the managing editor for Best Lawyers magazine.

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.