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Siemers named editor of St. Louis Biz Journal

Erik Siemers

The St. Louis Business Journal has named Erik Siemers as its new editor, effective Dec. 10.

A story on its website states, “Siemers comes to the job from the Portland Business Journal, where he has served as managing editor for the past five years. He began his American City Business Journals (ACBJ) career in Portland in 2008 as a reporter. Both the Portland Business Journal and the St. Louis Business Journal are part of ACBJ.

“Siemers graduated from University of North Dakota in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in communication.

“‘It’s a very talented staff, and I’m incredibly excited,’ Siemers said. ‘It’s a great opportunity to showcase a great business community.’

“Siemers succeeds Joe Dwyer, who left the company in October after serving as editor since 2016.”

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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.