Kent Hoover, the Washington bureau chief for American City Business Journals, has retired.
Hoover was also the editor of the Orlando Business Journal and Washington Business Journal during his 30-year tenure with Charlotte-based ACBJ.
“I decided to retire because I want to start my own business, a record store in the Nashville, TN area,” said Hoover in a message to Talking Biz News. “(Not open yet!) I’m also open to freelance journalism assignments.”
Hoover was editor of the Orlando paper from 1991 to 1997 and the Washington paper from 1997 to 1999.
As the Washington bureau chief, Hoover was the focused on covering legislation, regulation and government programs that help or hurt the ability of small businesses to grow. He write for 40 business journals around the country, primarily through the bizjournals.com website.
Hoover is a Duke University graduate.
Chris RoushChris 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.