American Banker community banking editor Davis is departing

Paul Davis

Paul Davis, who oversees community banking and mergers and acquisitions coverage at American Banker, is leaving the publication.

He is joining Strategic Resource Management, an advisory firm in Memphis, Tenn., as director of market intelligence and will start his new job on June 1.

Davis has been in an editing role at American Banker for the past decade. He previously covered financial and strategic developments at the largest banks in the Southeast, including in-depth analysis of the financial crisis and subsequent reform efforts.

Before American Banker, Davis worked at the Triad Business Journal for five years and at SNL Financial in Charlottesville, Va., as a news director.

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.