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VentureBeat beefs up editorial staff

Tech news site VentureBeat has bolstered its edit team with a new managing editor and staff writers on the heels of a $2.6 million equity investment.

Bill Mickey of Folio writes, “Jennifer Tsao is the network’s new managing editor. Tsao held previous positions at 1UP Network, Electronic Gaming Monthly and Future U.S.

“Mark Sullivan and Ruth Reader have joined as staff writers, covering mobile and health tech and cybersecurity, respectively.

“Citing Google Analytics numbers, the company says traffic has grown 48 percent in the last year, topping out at around 7.5 million monthly uniques.

“That audience growth is driving the editorial expansion, says VentureBeat editor-in-chief Dylan Tweney, adding that over the next six months, the company will be increasing its commitment to breaking news and more feature-length content.”

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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.