u003cdiv id=u0022leftu0022u003eu003carticle id=u0022post-103021u0022 class=u0022post-103021 page type-page status-publish hentryu0022u003ernu003cdiv class=u0022entry-contentu0022u003ernu003cp class=u0022p1u0022u003eKelley Root is the executive editor of Crain’s Detroit Business. She joined Crain’s in March 2020 after 15 years in various editing roles at The Detroit News, most recently as managing editor. Prior to that, she spent 15 years as a reporter and editor at The Grand Rapids Press. Root holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University and is a board member for the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.u003cspan class=u0022Apple-converted-spaceu0022u003e u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003ernrnu003c/divu003ernu003c/articleu003eu003c/divu003e
