Entrepreneur editor in chief Cosper leaves magazine

Amy Cosper

Amy Cosper, the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, has left the publication after more than eight years.

She was also a vice president of Entrepreneur Media, its parent company. Cosper had been in charge of the publication since July 1, 2008, overseeing content and partnerships for the magazine and online properties, including Entrepreneur.com, and WomenEntrepreneur.com.

Cosper’s journalism roots began in the tech world, where she worked as a reporter in Israel, Norway, Brazil, Luxembourg, Paris and London covering broadband, broadcasting and satellites.

Eventually she became publisher/editor-in-chief for Satellite Broadband magazine at WiesnerMedia, and later she redesigned and directed five award-winning financial magazines. Previously, she served as WiesnerMedia’s entrepreneur in residence, where she sought out and evaluated new business plans, ventures and partnerships to assist in diversifying the company’s portfolio.

She also held various managing editorial roles with Intertec Publishing and Argus Integrated Media.

Cosper has undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Colorado.

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.