Silicon Valley Biz Journal editor steps down

Scott Ard, the editor of the Silicon Valley Business Journal, has left the publication.

A story on its website states, “Silicon Valley Business Journal publisher Malcolm Bordelon announced that editor-in-chief Scott Ard has left the company.

“‘We appreciate Scott’s service to the Business Journal and the Silicon Valley business community,’ Bordelon said.

“Rob Daumeyer, who has been editor of the Cincinnati Business Courier for 19 years, has been named the interim editor-in-chief during the transition and will lead the Silicon Valley newsroom until a successor for Ard is found.

“The Silicon Valley Business Journal and Cincinnati Business Courier are both part of American City Business Journals, the largest publisher of metropolitan business news in the United States, with 43 publications across the country.”

Read more here. Ard recently sued Yahoo, his previous employer, for discrimination.

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.