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Bartlett names dean of CUNY J-School

Longtime business journalist Sarah Bartlett, who worked for the New York Times business desk and BusinessWeek, has been named the dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Kara Blomgarden-Smoke of the New York Observer has the email announcement from the outgoing dean, former BusinessWeek editor Stephen Shepard:

Her selection follows a through search process by a 12-person team that considered some 30 applicants, interviewed seven candidates, and selected three finalists. Each of the finalists spent a day at the school, meeting faculty, staff, students, and alumni.  They were also interviewed by several members of Chancellor Kelly’s team at the Central Office. I’m grateful to all who participated in the process and those of you who sent messages to Chancellor Kelly.  I especially want to thank the other finalists: Terry McDonell and Steven Waldman.  We benefited greatly from their insights and their passion for the CUNY Journalism School.

Sarah is a wonderful person to lead the CUNY J-School to new heights of excellence.   As a charter member of the  faculty since the day we opened, she designed many of our courses, recruited adjunct faculty members, taught several courses with distinction, launched the Center for Community and Ethnic Media, raised nearly $2 million, and was the principal writer of our 5-year strategic plan. She has had strong journalism experience across media platforms:  she was a reporter for the New York Times, an assistant managing editor at Business Week, and Editor-in-Chief of Oxygen Media.  Before joining the CUNY J-school, she held the Bloomberg Chair in Business Journalism at Baruch College. She has also written two books.

Having known Sarah for nearly 30 years, I can say with confidence:  The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is in great hands.

Read more here.

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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