Inc. magazine hires Wenger as a deputy editor

Ty Wenger

Inc. magazine has hired Ty Wenger as a deputy editor.

His first day was Monday.

“For me, it’s always about the chance to tell great stories,” said Wenger in a message to Talking Biz News. “And that I’ve been tremendously impressed by the staff there, including the Editor in Chief Scott Omelianuk.”

Wenger has spent the last 10 years at ESPN The Magazine, first as a senior editor and then as a deputy editor. He also hosted and produced its podcast.

He previously was deputy managing editor at TheStreet.com, where he was founding editor of the breaking news desk. And he also worked at Trader Monthly as an editor and as part of the founding editorial team at Dealmaker.

Wenger also worked at Travel + Leisure Golf and Marie Clare.

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.