Silicon Valley Biz Journal hires Wolverton as ME

Troy Wolverton

The Silicon Valley Business Journal has hired Troy Wolverton to be its managing editor.

He will oversee coverage of commercial real estate, tech, venture capital, startups and small business.

Wolverton previously was a senior tech correspondent at Business Insider. Previously, he worked as a personal technology columnist, editor, and reporter for The Mercury News for more than 10 years. A longtime tech journalist who has covered everything from Amazon to Yahoo, he also worked as a senior writer at TheStreet.com and a reporter for CNET News.com.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri.

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.