Categories: OLD Media Moves

Orlando Biz Journal publisher to take that role at St. Louis paper

Robert Bobroff

Orlando Business Journal market president and publisher Robert Bobroff has been named market president and publisher of sister paper, the St. Louis Business Journal, effective Nov. 1.

Susan Lundine of the Orlando Business Journal writes, “Bobroff joined the Orlando Business Journal in 2009 and worked in both advertising and circulation sales before being promoted to director of sales and marketing in May 2013. He’s been publisher since December 2014.

“Both OBJ and the St. Louis Business Journal are part of American City Business Journals.

“‘I am so proud of Orlando Business Journal’s strong and important place in this community and I’m proud of the success that my team has had over the past four years,’ said Bobroff. ‘I have no doubt that the OBJ will continue to set the pace as the leading voice for business in this rapidly growing region.”

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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