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USA Today’s Mutzabaugh hired by The Points Guy

Ben Mutzabaugh

USA Today aviation industry journalist Ben Mutzabaugh has been hired by The Points Guy as senior aviation editor.

Ashley Lutz writes, “Mutzabaugh comes to The Points Guy from USA TODAY, where he is best known for launching the industry-leading Today in the Sky blog in 2002. This new hire comes on the heels of another big win for the TPG team when it brought on Scott Mayerowitz, formerly deputy business editor at the Associated Press, who joined as Executive Editorial Director in January, supervising all the company’s editorial sections.

“‘The Points Guy editorial has grown significantly year-over-year since our launch, and we’re thrilled to push our content offerings and platforms even further through the hiring of Ben Mutzabaugh and Scott Mayerowitz,” says CEO and founder Brian Kelly. ‘We’re bringing the best of our industry aboard and plan to build out more breaking news, investigative reporting and industry insight to our platform.’

“In Mutzabaugh’s new role he will be spearheading TPG’s airlines coverage. Working closely with Managing Editor Alberto Riva, he will continue the media company’s growth into more in-depth coverage of the travel industry.

“Mutzabaugh will also oversee TPG’s team of airline reporters, airline flight reviews and special aviation data reports.”

Read more here.

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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