Six staffers depart Barron’s on Friday

Six staffers left Barron’s on Friday as new hires will be announced next week.

Those departing were:

Photo director Adrian DeLucca, who had been at Barron’s since January 2004 and had been the photo director since January 2006.
Assistant photo editor Amber Sexton, who had been at Barron’s since September 2015 and before that had worked at People magazine.
Associate art director Diane Sipprelle, who had been at Barron’s since 1996.
Art department staffers Meredith Lewin, Christine Silver and Jack Dee. Dee had been with Dow Jones since October 2002 and was the creator and producer of the Barron’s NEXT Minute and Daily Download video segments.

Barron’s editorial staff has undergone an overhaul under editor in chief Katherine Bell, who joined the publication last year. Earlier this year, it named an executive editor and several managing editors.

It has also hired an audience managing editor, a new position.

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.