OLD Media Moves

Crain’s Chicago promotes Garcia to deputy digital editor

Rob Garcia

Rob Garcia, a copy editor at Crain’s since March, has been promoted to deputy digital editor for audience and social media.

A story on its website states, “Garcia, 30, came to Crain’s from the Toledo Blade, where he was a digital editor. Before that, he was an editor and page designer at GateHouse Media.

“Since joining Crain’s, Garcia has worked closely with Copy Chief Scott Williams as well as members of the digital editing and design teams. In his new role, he will be responsible for editing stories for Crain’s award-winning website, ChicagoBusiness.com, while also working with the company’s audience team to expand the publication’s reach and turn more readers into subscribers.

“A native of Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, Garcia earned a bachelor of science degree in news and editorial journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.”

Read more here.

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.

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