Categories: OLD Media Moves

Another staffer leaving Portfolio

Stephanie Smith of Women’s Wear Daily writes Wednesday that new business magazine Conde Nast Portfolio is losing another staff member, while at least one other recent high-profile hire may be contemplating going back to his old publication.

Smith wrote, “Senior writer Katrina Brooker, who joined last year from Fortune, is returning to her old stomping grounds. Brooker left Fortune in June 2006 while Eric Pooley was managing editor, but had a close relationship with Andy Serwer, Fortune’s current managing editor, and John Huey, former managing editor and now Time Inc.’s editor in chief. A Fortune spokeswoman confirmed Brooker’s return to the magazine, but details on when she will start or what her title will be are still unconfirmed.

“Before joining Portfolio, Brooker worked at Fortune for eight years and was considered one of the magazine’s stars; the talented reporter even received perks such as enjoying additional time off during the summer to spend with her family. When Lipman searched for high-profile names to help launch Portfolio, Brooker was an early target.

“At Portfolio, Brooker wrote a much-noted piece for the September issue on imprisoned Tyco executive Mark Swartz, and a profile in the premier issue this past spring of art dealer Marianne Boesky, the daughter of Ivan Boesky. Sources close to Portfolio said Brooker was close to former Portfolio deputy editor Jim Impoco, whom Lipman fired last month.

“Meanwhile, Brooker may not be the only Portfolio staffer who Fortune is trying to court back. Sources say Portfolio senior writer Daniel Roth also has been approached by Serwer and Huey to return. Roth could not be reached for comment.”

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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.