Categories: OLD Media Moves

TheAtlantic.com names business editor

Derek Thompson, who has been on the business news team at TheAtlantic.com for the past two years, has been named its business editor.

Betsy Rothstein of FishbowlDC has a memo from Bob Cohn, editorial director of Atlantic Digital, that states, “After a thorough search process that surfaced many excellent candidates, I am happy to report that we found a great business editor for TheAtlantic.com rather close to home. Derek Thompson started at the company in 2008 as a fellow in the innovation center, working on new digital products. He joined the business team at The Atlantic in 2009 and for the last two years has been a backbone of the channel: writing posts, editing outside contributors, producing pages, and thinking of new ways to expand and package our coverage. Derek’s instincts for creativity and rigor make him a great choice for this job.

“Working with Megan [McArdle] and Dan [Indiviglio], Derek will continue to write for business (and other channels as well). Among his new duties: help craft a strategic vision for the business channel, expand the scope of coverage, hire new writers, and ensure the overall editorial quality of our business coverage. A senior editor, Derek will report to John [Gould].

“Please join me in congratulating Derek on his new role.”

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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.