Honolulu biz paper names new editor

Veteran Honolulu editor A. Kam Napier has been named editor-in-chief of Pacific Business News, an American City Business Journals paper.

He replaces Kevin Bumgarner.

A story on its website states, “Napier was with Honolulu Magazine for 19 years, starting as an associate editor and serving as managing editor before being promoted to editor, a post he held for eight years, until last year.

“Most recently he served as an account director with Becker Communications.

“As editor-in-chief, Napier will oversee all news operations and content for Pacific Business News, including the weekly print edition, and the website, www.pacificbusinessnews.com.

“‘We are thrilled to have Kam join the PBN management team and direct our newsroom and content across our vast and growing platforms,’ Charlet said. ‘He’s an experienced and award-winning journalist, exceptional leader, and has an excellent reputation in the community.”

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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.