Chafkin tapped as Bloomberg Businessweek features editor

Max Chafkin

Bloomberg Businessweek editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg’s Brad Stone sent out the following announcement on Monday:

Colleagues,
Since joining Bloomberg in 2015, few writers have been more prolific in the pages of Businessweek than Max Chafkin. Whether he’s spending time in subterranean muck with Elon Musk, transforming into an Instagram influencer, or collaborating with colleagues on any number of fantastic tech stories on tight deadlines, Max has proved to be an incredible asset here. So it’s a great privilege to announce a new chapter in Max’s career at Bloomberg: Beginning today, he’ll join Businessweek as a features editor reporting to Jim Aley.

In this new capacity, Max will be responsible for conceiving, assigning, shepherding, and editing great magazine features, some of which will no doubt continue to be in partnership with our fabulous Technology team. Of course, we also expect someone as talented as Max will still make time to report and write — and team up on major features with colleagues, particularly those on the Tech team.
Please join us in congratulating Max and wishing him well in his new role!
Sincerely,
Joel Weber and Brad Stone

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.