Categories: OLD Media Moves

Forbes hires senior editor

Deborah L. Jacobs has been hired by Forbes as a senior editor and member of the investing/personal finance team. She will cover topics about personal finance strategies for Forbes magazine and online.

Most recently, Jacobs published a personal finance guide for baby boomers and their parents, “Estate Planning Smarts: A Practical, User-Friendly, Action-Oriented Guide.”

A recipient of the American Society of Business Publication Editors Article Award, Jacobs covers the intersection of law, personal finance and business. She has written full-length features, profiles, op-ed pieces, and reviews for legal and general interest publications, including: The New York Times, Bloomberg Personal, and BusinessWeek.

Jacobs graduated from Columbia University’s School of Journalism with honors in 1987 and Columbia University School of Law with a J.D. in 1980. Jacobs received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Barnard College in 1977.

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.