Washington Biz Journal names ME, AME and digital editor

The Washington Business Journal has promoted three staffers to the roles of managing editor, assistant managing editor and digital editor.

The new managing editor is Michael Neibauer, a former associate editor and, before that, economic development reporter. He has long assembled the paper’s digital Crane Watch map of ongoing construction projects.

The new assistant managing editor is Drew Hansen, who has been digital editor for the past five years and, in that time. He has overseen the paper’s Twitter feed, LinkedIn account and Instagram posts.

The new digital editor is Rebecca Cooper. She has expertly navigated the paper’s restaurant, retail, hospitality, tourism and arts beat for seven years.

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.