Industry Dive ME Barrington has retired

Deborah Barrington

Deborah Barrington, a managing editor at Industry Dive, retired earlier this month, becoming the first editorial staffer to retire from the business news operation.

During her time as a senior editor and managing editor, Barrington managed Construction, CIO, Education, Food, Smart Cities, Supply Chain, Utilities and Waste. She was a part of the launch teams for Food Dive Ingredients, two HR weeklies, Cybersecurity and Transport. She had a short stint with BioPharma.

“A single hire can change the trajectory of an early stage company,” wrote Industry Dive CEO Sean Griffey on Twitter. “Deb came in and helped build the culture of the newsroom today.”

She previously spent 23 years at USA Today, including stints as news editor, senior assignment editor, assistant managing editor and NFL editor.

Barrington also worked for the Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times on the sports desk.

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.