Adweek senior editor Zanger to depart

Doug Zanger

Adweek senior editor Doug Zanger announced Monday that he is leaving the publication.

His last day will be Friday.

“I’ll have a little more news on what I’ll be doing next later this week and share some gratitude for an immensely rewarding part of my professional journey,” he wrote on Twitter.

Zanger joined Adweek in June 2018, focusing on creativity and agencies.

He has covered a wide range of industry topics and interviewed several high-profile luminaries including Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird, Jeff Goldblum, Carrie Brownstein, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Katzenberg and some of the NFL’s biggest past and present stars.

Based in Portland, Ore., Zanger has over 25 years of experience in the advertising industry, including 12 in radio, where he picked up a Radio Mercury Award.

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.