Boston Biz Journal hires Walrath to cover life sciences

Rowan Walrath

BostInno Associate Editor Rowan Walrath has joined the Boston Business Journal, taking over the life sciences beat, covering biotech, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Business Journal executive editor Doug Banks writes, “Walrath is transitioning from her former role as associate editor of BostInno and Rhode Island Inno, where she oversaw coverage of the Boston and Rhode Island innovation scenes. The Business Journal is now actively seeking to fill that position.

“Walrath joined BostInno in 2019. She was previously a freelance journalist based in San Francisco, where she reported and fact-checked for Wired, Eater and HuffPost, among other publications. Prior to that, she completed a yearlong editorial fellowship at Mother Jones.

“The life sciences and medical device industries were most recently covered by Allison DeAngelis, who has left the Business Journal for another opportunity.”

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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.