Fast Company hires Landy to be executive editor of digital

Benjamin Landy

Benjamin Landy has been hired by Fast Company to be executive editor, digital.

He replaces Paul Smalera, who left recently to join Medium. He starts Nov. 11.

Landy has been the deputy editor at Vanity Fair’s The Hive. He has also covered politics, business, and technology. Previously, he was an editor at MSNBC and a policy analyst at the Century Foundation.

“He’s joining an amazing, hardworking, smart team at one of the most beloved brands in journalism,” wrote Stephanie Mehta, editor of the magazine, on Twitter.

Landy is a Columbia University graduate.

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.