Columbus CEO names Deyo its associate editor

Jess Deyo

Columbus CEO has hired Jess Deyo as associate editor.

Editor Katy Smith writes, “I’m thrilled to have her as my partner in producing the magazine each month. Jess is a pandemic grad, through and through. She’s already shown us her toughness and ability to thrive in a bit of chaos.

“A native of Johnstown, Deyo graduated summa cum laude from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University this past May, where she focused on the art and science of making magazines. She previously held positions as a writer and intern for Ohio Magazine, as the sports and entertainment editor for the school’s Backdrop magazine, and as a department editor for Southeast Ohio magazine.”

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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.