WSJ promotes Hicks to publishing editor on print desk

Kenneth Hicks

Kenneth Hicks has been promoted to publishing editor on the print desk at The Wall Street Journal.

He joined WSJ in 2015 as a news assistant after graduating from Columbia University, where he majored in English literature.

In addition to his work as a news assistant, Hickshas written a few pieces for the Personal Journal section, including a feature on Black Thought of The Roots.

He interned at The New York Times while in college.

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.