Youngstown Biz Journal hires entertainment editor

Guy D’Astolfo

The Youngstown Business Journal in Ohio has hired Guy D’Astolfo as entertainment editor.

A story on its website states, “D’Astolfo covered the entertainment scene for 14 years for The Vindicator. A native of Pittsburgh, he graduated from Duquesne University with a degree in journalism.

“Before coming to Youngstown, he worked as a reporter, copy editor and city editor for The Delaware State News in Dover, Del. He lives in Austintown.

“‘I am happy to be able to continue covering the A&E scene in Youngstown,’ D’Astolfo says. ‘The Business Journal’s veteran staff has been a respected part of the Valley’s media landscape for a long time, and it’s stepping up to do even greater work in the wake of The Vindicator’s closure.'”

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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.