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Learmonth promoted to Vice editor in chief

Michael Learmonth

Michael Learmonth was named Vice News’ new editor in chief Monday, filling a role that has been vacant since 2019.

Lindsey Ellefson of The Wrap reports, “He was promoted from news director, a job he held since 2016. Prior to that, Learmonth was a managing editor at the International Business Times.

Katie Drummond, senior vice president of global news for the company, made the announcement Monday in an internal note to staff.

“‘In my year working with him, I’ve been awed by both the neverending energy Michael brings to each day — many of them punishing in recent months — and his vision for both what Vice News should be now, and what it has the potential to become. I can’t wait to see where he takes it,’ she said, adding that he will handle coverage across the Americas region, including Latin America, the U.S. and Canada.

“A series of other promotions and shuffles was also announced, including Ben Makuch’s move from Motherboard to Vice News and Tim Marchman’s move to Motherboard.”

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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