Institutional Investor hires research editor

Amy Whyte has been hired by Institutional Investor as its research editor.

Whyte previously worked for CIO Magazine as an assistant editor and as a staff writer for the past two years. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and economics from Northwestern University.

In addition, Leanna Orr has moved into a senior writer position. She replaces Imogen Rose-Smith, who left a few months ago to be an investment fellow with the University of California.

Orr was previously in charge of network content. Before joining Institutional Investor, she was managing editor of CIO.

Institutional Investor’s web traffic is up 40 percent in the past year.

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.