Denver Biz Journal promotes Geers to editor in chief

Kourtney Geers

Kourtney Geers, who has served as managing editor of the Denver Business Journal since mid-2018, is the paper’s new editor in chief, reports Ed Sealover of the Business Journal.

Sealover reports, “Geers succeeds Rebecca Troyer, who left last month to become director of email publications for American City Business Journals, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based parent company of DBJ. Troyer had served in that role since April 2018, when longtime Editor-in-Chief Neil Westergaard retired.

“Before coming to the DBJ, Geers served as director of digital news production for The Denver Post and previously was a web producer at national political publication Politico. She is a graduate of the journalism school at the University of Missouri.

“DBJ Publisher Kevin Pitts said that Geers stood out from a competitive field of applicants, noting that she’s shown exceptional news judgment and leadership skills while serving in the No. 2 position in the newsroom.”

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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.