Categories: OLD Media Moves

Inside Business names new publisher

Mike Herron has been named publisher of Inside Business, the Hampton Roads Business Journal.

A story on its website states, “Herron has been a visible media executive in Hampton Roads for many years, having served in a variety of management positions at The Virginian-Pilot. Previously, Herron managed Hampton Roads Business Weekly, a business publication that was part of the daily newspaper.

“He and Power first worked together when Pilot Media investigated launching an independent business journal, which later resulted in the launch of Inside Business. Herron was involved in numerous startup projects for the company and had been general manager and associate publisher of Inside Business since 2007.

“Herron has served on numerous nonprofit boards and was president of the Advertising Federation of Greater Hampton Roads in 1989.”

Read more here.

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.

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