Pacific Coast Biz Times research editor Officer departs

Christopher Officer

Christopher Officer, the research editor at the Pacific Coast Business Times in California, is leaving the publication to pursue a new opportunity in Los Angeles.

He has been with the business newspaper since November 2014. He also oversaw special reports.

Officer previously was community editor for the Carver County News in Minnesota, covering the cities of Watertown and Mayer.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from DePaul University and is a former U.S. Marine.

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.