The Plug hires Melton of Forbes as managing editor

Monica Melton

Monica Melton, who covered innovation at Forbes, has been hired as managing editor of The Plug.

The Plug covers Black tech news.

“She’ll shape our voice, expand our reach, and build a stellar team across the platform,” wrote The Plug founder Sherrell Dorsey on Twitter.

Melton has been at Forbes since January 2019, covering innovation, technology, and venture capital.. She has also covered politics at Politico and entertainment for Time Out New York

She is an alumna of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Washington

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.