Senior editor Oster is departing Adweek

Erik Oster

Erik Oster, a senior editor, agencies at Adweek, is leaving the publication on June 1.

He had recently been promoted to the new position.

Previously, he held the post of senior staff writer. Oster has been with Adweek for 5 years, joining as a staff writer.

“More to come when I’ve gathered my thoughts, but I am very grateful for the opportunities I’ve had over the years and the great people I’ve had the chance to work with,” he wrote on Twitter.

He is also a contributing writer at AgencySpy and was an assistant editor and books editor at The Faster Times. Oster was also editor-in-chief at Caution Horse and a contributing writer/editor at Goucher Review.

Oster is a B.A. in English, creative writing from Goucher College.

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.