The Drum hires U.S. editor as part of expansion

Ginger Conlon

The Drum has hired marketing journalist Ginger Conlon as its U.S. editor as the news site gears up for the next phase of its global growth.

A story on its website states, “In a distinguished career covering the industry, Conlon has held the posts of editor-in-chief at Direct Marketing News, contributing editor to MarTech Advisor and editorial director of 1to1 Media. Most recently she has been working as an editorial consultant and running the MKTGInsight website.

“A key appointment in the title’s continued international expansion, Conlon will be based out of The Drum’s New York office when she officially takes up her post on 29 October, managing The Drum’s growing team of Stateside journalists and working closely with the industry to define the publication’s US editorial agenda.

“‘When I first read The Drum’s tagline, ‘Marketing can change the world,’ I thought, ‘This is the perfect place for me’,’ she said.”

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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.