Dayton Biz Journal editor Baker promoted to publisher

Don Baker

Don Baker, the veteran editor-in-chief of the Dayton Business Journal, has been promoted to market president and publisher.

Managing editor Caleb Stephens writes, “Baker has spent nearly 20 years with the Business Journal, including stints as a reporter, senior reporter, associate editor and managing editor. He has served as editor-in-chief of the Dayton Business Journal since being named to the top editor post in January 2006. Baker replaces Carol Clark, who left the publication Sept. 1.

“‘I’m excited about the opportunities we have in Dayton,’ Baker said. ‘Innovation and creativity are what’s needed in our industry right now, and that’s what I hope to bring to the role as I lead the team here.’

“A Dayton native, Baker is a 1995 graduate of Ball State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and minor focuses in political science and history. He has won numerous journalism awards throughout his career for his time as a reporter and as an editor.”

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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.