Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal hires new designer

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal has hired Ben Ramsden as its new lead editorial designer.

Editor Dirk DeYoung writes, “Ben was most recently senior art director at EPG Media, where he oversaw the design and layout of Rider and Snow Goer magazines.

“Prior to EPG, Ben was senior designer at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for nearly 10 years, designing more than 2,000 section fronts, including page 1. He’s also worked at The Times of Northwest Indiana, as well as the La Crosse Tribune and Winona Daily News. He has won many awards for his work from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, Minnesota Associated Press, Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association and others.

“Ben has a Bachelor of Science in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.”

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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.