Puget Sound Business Journal editor Smith resigns

Rob Smith

The Puget Sound Business Journal announced Monday that editor in chief Rob Smith has left the company for personal family reasons.

A story on its website states, “Smith has been with the PSBJ for a little over two years after spending 10 years as editor of the Portland Business Journal, the PSBJ’s sister publication within the American City Business Journal chain. Before that, he was the managing editor of the PSBJ.

“‘Rob’s contributions to ACBJ over the past 18 years have been impressive,’ said PSBJ Publisher Emory Thomas. ‘His leadership and commitment to the highest journalistic standards will have a lasting impact. His energy and dedication will be missed.’

“The PSBJ is already in the process of seeking a replacement, Thomas said, and will name a new editor in chief very soon.”

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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.