Crain’s Detroit promotes Livengood to senior editor

Chad Livengood

Crain’s Detroit Business has promoted reporter Chad Livengood to the new position of senior editor.

A story on its website states, “The promotion recognizes the increasing leadership role Livengood, who covers statewide politics and policy as well as Detroit’s resurgence, has taken at the business news publication.

“In his new role, Livengood will continue to report, analyze and write on the issues that matter most to Michigan businesses and its economy.

“‘Chad is one of the most important voices in Michigan on critical issues,’ Managing Editor Michael Lee said. ‘He has led the way on coverage of the problems and politics of the reform of Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance laws, among many other topics.'”

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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.