Denver Biz Journal editor Troyer takes national position with ACBJ

Denver Business Journal editor-in-chief Rebecca Troyer has been named director, email publications at Charlotte, North Carolina-based American City Business Journals.

Business Journal managing editor Kourtney Geers writes, “In this newly created position, she will oversee the growth and success of ACBJ’s The National Observer brand, leading a staff of writer-editors and serving as a member of ACBJ’s National Content Team.

“Troyer became editor-in-chief of DBJ in April 2018 after serving in editorial management roles at ACBJ markets in Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina. Under her leadership, DBJ has achieved record subscription growth and audience expansion, and its newsroom staff has amassed awards from national and regional organizations.

“‘Rebecca has contributed immeasurably to our success while she has been at the helm of the DBJ newsroom,’ DBJ Publisher and Market President Kevin Pitts said. ‘Now she will carry that success into a national role that will allow her to make an even greater impact in ACBJ.'”

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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.