Categories: OLD Media Moves

Mehta named Fortune's global editor

Stephanie Mehta, a senior writer at Fortune magazine, has been named the publication’s global editor, according to a memo from managing editor Andy Serwer.

The memo, posted on Fishbowl NY,Â stated, “Our International Editor, Robert Friedman, is leaving the magazine after seven years on the job. Robert worked very hard in helping build our global franchise to its current strong position, and I want to thank him for that.

“Replacing Robert will be Stephanie Mehta in a new role as Global Editor. Stephanie’s title reflects that our European and Asian editions will now mostly contain content that appears in our North American edition. All three editions will continue to be filled with international content written by Clay Chandler and Peter Gumbel, as well as globetrotters from the U.S. like Barney Gimbel, Jeff O’Brien, Brian O’Keefe, John Brodie, Alex Taylor, David Kirkpatrick, and Adam Lashinsky, all of whom have traveled on assignment abroad for Fortune recently. (Stephanie herself went to Mexico on the Carlos Slim cover story last year.)

“Fortune remains deeply committed to global coverage. In fact, we are already preparing for our next global forum. Please join me in thanking Robert for his years of service. And join me in congratulating Stephanie in her new role.”

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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.