Categories: OLD Media Moves

Editor of biz journal becomes executive editor of California paper

Jason Schaff, editor of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, has been named executive editor of The Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

A story on the Signal’s website states, “Schaff said he was looking forward to joining the more than 90-year-old local newspaper.

“‘I believe The Signal is a great local daily newspaper that covers a vibrant, growing community,’ Schaff said. ‘There’s tremendous potential for the publication to grow as an information outlet for the Santa Clarita Valley and beyond, and I’m happy to be given the opportunity to help make that happen.’

“Schaff was managing editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal from 2000 to 2003 before assuming the top editorial spot at the SFV Business Journal.

“He began his career in journalism in 1978 as a reporter with the Southwest Times Record of Fort Smith, Ark.”

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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.