Categories: OLD Media Moves

MiBiz names Boomgaard its editor

Managing Editor Joe Boomgaard has been promoted to the position of editor of MiBiz, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based business fortnightly.

A story on its website states, “He assumes the editor title from Editor & Publisher Brian Edwards, who will remain as publisher. Boomgaard will be responsible for all editorial operations of MiBiz, including the company’s biweekly print newspaper, online presence through MiBiz.com, and a variety of digital news products.

“The business publication also promoted longtime executive Kristi Kortman to the post of Director of Marketing & Audience Development. In her new role, Kortman will be responsible for building the publication’s subscriber base and enhancing its marketing and advertising programs for clients.

“‘Joe and Kristi have quietly led the reinvention of MiBiz over the past three years into a regional leader in business coverage,’ Edwards said. ‘As we head into 2016, they’re working closely with Associate Publisher Denise Schott to reinvent MiBiz again.'”

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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.