Triad Business Journal publisher resigns

Doug Copeland, president and publisher of the Triad Business Journal for the past 16 years, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down effective June 1.

A story on its website states, “Copeland joined the Triad Business Journal in June 1999, just eight months after the publication debuted. Under his leadership, the paper quickly built a reputation as the Triad’s premier source of business news.

“‘For 16 years, Doug Copeland has been synonymous with Triad Business Journal,’’ said Whitney Shaw, CEO of American City Business Journals, TBJ’s Charlotte-based parent company. ‘He’s handled a challenging job with skill and finesse, a feat that’s not easy in an industry going through great change. Along the way, he’s made contributions both large and small to our company.

“‘All of ACBJ respects both Doug’s professional talents and the qualities that make him the outstanding leader he is. I know I’ll be cheering for him as he writes the next chapters in his career,’ Shaw 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.