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Social media editor Savage among Fortune’s layoffs

Emily Savage

Emily Savage, social media editor at Fortune magazine, was among the 35 staffers laid off on Tuesday, she confirmed on Twitter.

Savage had been with the magazine as a full-time staffer working remotely from California since September.

She had been Fortune’s voice and posting strategy based on short and long-term data analysis and editorial goals. She was also Fortune’s social media lead for the audience team, crafting engaging posts across platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram. She also occasionally wrote for editorial.

She previously was associate editor for social media and engagement for Pacific Standard magazine and music editor for the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

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.

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