Categories: OLD Media Moves

Detroit News biz editor leaves for Ford

Mark Truby, the business editor at the Detroit News, is leaving the paper to become director of global corporate news for the Ford Motor Co., where he will work to rebuild the company’s image,Â according to a memo posted on the Romenesko site.

Charlie Holleran, vice president and chief communications officer at the auto maker, wrote, “Mark comes to Ford with a wealth of knowledge about our company and our business, having covered us for the past seven years. Under Mark’s leadership, The Detroit News has won numerous state and national awards, including the Gerald R. Loeb Award, the nation’s top award for business journalism, and the International Golden Wheel for outstanding automotive coverage.

“In addition, The Detroit News’ business section this year was named one of the top three in the nation in its circulation category by The Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Before joining The Detroit News, Mark worked as reporter for USA Today and The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West Virginia. Mark and his wife, Kathleen, live in Ferndale, Mich., with their three sons.”

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Not in the memo: In 1997, his coverage of a case involving an American couple on trial for murder in the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent won a number of national awards, including the Al Nakkula Police Reporting Award, National Press Club’s top award for diplomatic correspondence and Gannettâ€™s Freedom of Information award.

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.