Columbia Business Times names new editor

Brenna McDermott has been named editor of Columbia Business Times magazine in Missouri.

A story on its website states, “McDermott most recently served as Director of Women’s Network at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, where she managed the 500-member organization for the past 18 months. Prior to that, she served as the Marketing and Communications Manager at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Missouri.

“She holds a degree in communications and journalism from Truman State University and served as Editor-in-Chief of Truman’s student produced newspaper, The Index. With McDermott at the helm, The Index was named the best student-produced newspaper in the state.

“‘I’m excited and grateful to serve as editor of CBT and look forward to continuing the production of such an excellent publication,’ says McDermott.”

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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.