Kronenberg named managing editor at TheStreet

Senior editor Jerry Kronenberg has been promoted to managing editor at TheStreet.com.

In this expanded role, Kronenberg will help lead editorial operations for the company’s portfolio of institutional and consumer brands, oversee the newsroom’s global expansion and guide mobile, video and social strategies.

Kronenberg will report to editor-in-chief Tara Murphy.

“Jerry’s breadth of knowledge of the financial markets, coupled with his spot-on news judgement makes him an exceptional managing editor,” Murphy said in a statement. “He’s a seasoned newsroom leader who knows how to deliver the high caliber analysis and investing commentary that TheStreet’s readers expect. We’re thrilled to have him on board.”

Prior to joining TheStreet, Kronenberg held senior editorships at CNN financial news, United Press International and the Boston Herald. He also formerly served as a vice president at Fidelity Investments.

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.