Business Insider Australia names new editor

James Hennessy has been appointed as editor of Business Insider Australia.

Hannah Blackiston of Mumbrella writes, “Hennessy said the new role comes at the perfect time for him to take on a new challenge.

“‘I’ve had a great few years as Pedestrian.TV’s deputy editor, but I’m keen for a new challenge. There’s a big opportunity to make Business Insider something different and unique in Australia’s media landscape, and we have the perfect team in place to make that happen,’ he said.

“In his new role, Hennessy will oversee a team of three, including senior reporter Jack Derwin, reporter Sharon Masige and global news reporter Rosie Perper. Hennessy’s political, cultural and business reporting has previously appeared in The Guardian, The Outline, The Monthly, SBS and across the ABC. He also frequently contributes to The Drum and Radio National.”

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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.