Hite joins Barron’s as digital editor

Brittany Hite

Brittany Hite has joined Barron’s as a digital editor.

She previously was senior mobile editor at the Wall Street Journal. While there, Hite developed its push notification strategy and consulted on the redesign of the WSJ app.

She brings significant experience in developing and implementing new editorial formats.

In addition, Hite was one of two senior editors co-managing the 24-hour, 14-member mobile team overseeing the WSJ mobile apps and Apple News. She oversaw the work of editors and producers.

Earlier this year, she was selected to join Poynter’s 2018 Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media, which had more than 600 applicants from around the world for only 28 slots.

She has been at The Journal for more than 10 years and is a graduate of Indiana 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.