Boykin named ME at Sacramento Biz Journal

Sam Boykin, a writer and editor with more than 20 years of experience, has joined the Sacramento Business Journal as its managing editor.

Sonya Sorich of the Business Journal writes, “Boykin comes to Sacramento from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was a freelance writer for several publications, including the Charlotte Business Journal, which is also owned by American City Business Journals. He’s written for national outlets such as USA Today, Men’s Journal and Scientific American.

“His other positions include time as editor of Lake Norman Magazine, published by The Charlotte Observer, and as director of communications and public relations for the Charlotte Regional Partnership, an economic development organization with a 16-county footprint. He was also a writer and editor for Creative Loafing, an alternative news publication in Charlotte.

“Boykin, 50, has covered topics ranging from crime to business to travel. He has an English degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.”

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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.