Kaplan tapped to oversee WSJ Business & Finance section

Eduardo Kaplan

Bob Rose, the print editor of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday:

I’m pleased to announce that Eduardo Kaplan will oversee The Wall Street Journal’s Business & Finance section.
Eduardo will work closely with fellow Section B editor Jim Winston to produce a concise and compelling package of markets and corporate stories for the U.S. print editions. Together with Katherine Meyer, U.S. section editor, and Margaret deStreel, World section editor, Eduardo and Jim will work closely with digital, content and visuals editors, along with art directors, to put together daily sections with an attractive mix of stories, graphics and photos.
Eduardo joined Dow Jones in 1996 and most recently he has been senior print section editor and deputy world editor at the Journal. He has also served in a number of editing and managerial roles for newswires, digital and print. Please welcome him to this new challenge.

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.