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Former Crain’s Detroit editor hired by real estate firm

Jennette Smith

Former Crain’s Detroit Business editor Jennette Smith Kotila has been hired as vice president of marketing and communications for real estate company Core Partners LLC.

Kirk Pinho of Crain’s Detroit writes, “Smith Kotila, 42, begins the newly created position Wednesday. She will focus on Core Partners’ marketing, communications and client service, according to a news release.

“Smith Kotila spent 18 years at Crain’s until leaving in December as part of a reorganization. She previously worked at The Times Herald in Port Huron and The Macomb Daily in Mount Clemens.

“Core Partners has about 130 employees and manages about 10 million square feet of real estate. It also provides construction and brokerage services.”

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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.

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