Houston Biz Journal associate editor Harms leaves for new publication

Natalie Harms

Natalie Harms, the associate editor of the Houston Business Journal, has left the American City Business Journals paper.

Harms is now the editor of InnovationMap.com, which is launching this month and will cover innovation — tech, startups, energy, etc. — in Houston.

She had been with the Business Journal since February 2015, where she was in charge of managing and posting on all the social media accounts for the publication. Harms also coordinated the special print sections and was the editorial point person for its awards, including creating and processing nominations and applications.

Harms also co-created and runs a Houston lifestyle blog, It’s Not Hou It’s Me. It writes about food, exercise, life, travel and more.

She is a graduate of the University of Houston in journalism.

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.