Marinova departing Fortune to build newsletter as a business

Polina Marinova

Fortune staff writer Polina Marinova announced Monday that she is leaving the magazine at the end of this week to work on her newsletter The Profile full-time.

She has been the main writer for Fortune’s The Term Sheet newsletter.

“The goal is to build what is currently a weekly newsletter into a standalone business,” said Marinova in a message.

The Profile features the best long-form stories on people and companies in business, tech, sports, entertainment, and more.

Marinova joined Fortune in 2014. She has covered entrepreneurship, venture capital, and Uber. She hosted a Facebook Live series called “Founder Friday” and worked on some Fortune lists, including 40 Under 40 and The Fortune Entrepreneurs.

Previously, she worked at OZY, CNN, and USA Today.

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.