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Orlando Biz Journal publisher to retire

Orlando Business Journal publisher Ann Sonntag announced her retirement after 21 years with parent company American City Business Journals and 16 years as head of ACBJ’s Orlando paper.

A story on the paper’s website states, “Sonntag joined ACBJ in May 1991 as ad director in Charlotte, N.C., then transferred to Orlando in September 1995 as associate publisher before becoming publisher 10 months later.

“Among her many accomplishments while at OBJ, she helped create the Women Who Mean Business awards program, as well as guided the newspaper in winning eight Eagle awards, the ACBJ’s highest award.

“Earlier this year, Sonntag was named recipient of the John Young History-Maker Award, and also received the Athena International 2012 Leadership Award for her commitment to businesswomen from all sectors and generations.”

Read more here.

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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