Forbes hires two assistant editors

Forbes has hired two assistant editors: Monica Melton for innovation and Sarah Hansen for money and markets.

Melton is covering cybersecurity, venture capital and innovation. She previously was an associate editor at Auto Finance News and Bank Innovation. She also worked at eMarketer, a business-to-business publication.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and a master’s degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Hansen is covering covering crypto, blockchain and fintech. She previously interned at Forbes, CNBC and at Investopedia.

Hansen holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern and a master’s degree from New York University.

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.