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American Banker reporter Yurcan joins communications firm

Bryan Yurcan

Bryan Yurcan, a financial technology reporter for American Banker, has been hired by Caliber, a marketing communications firm focusing on the fintech, financial services and professional services sectors.

Yurcan will be a senior strategist and focus on providing client support across Caliber’s public relations and content businesses.

He had been a senior writer at American Banker since November 2015, covering all aspects of banking and banking technology. He also moderated webcasts and live panels, and had been a speaker at industry conferences.

Before American Banker, Yurcan was an editor for Bank Systems & Technology, covering the bank technology sector. His duties included managing the editorial calendar and producing daily web content and long-form pieces for its monthly print and digital issues.

He also spent 18 months as a reporter at the Westchester Business Journal. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Rider University.

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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