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New York editor Ruth leaves Xconomy

João-Pierre S. Ruth

João-Pierre S. Ruth, the New York editor for tech news site Xconomy, has left to pursue another interest.

Ruth had been with Xconomy since June 2011 and the editor of its New York site since March 2013.

“For me, it was time to chase other opportunities, and take a plunge into something new,” said Ruth in an email to Talking Biz News. “What I am working on now is still in the developmental phase; when it’s time to let the world know, I shall spread the word. It was a tough choice. As I said in my farewell piece, there are many more stories from the New York startup scene waiting to be told.”

Before Xconomy, Ruth worked for more than 13 years at NJBiz, covering stories on media, technology, telecommunications, marketing and retail throughout New Jersey. While there, he won a Society of Professional Journalists New Jersey chapter first place award for business reporting in 2001.

Ruth is a Rutgers University graduate.

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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