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# Baltimore Business Journal names Jessica Iannetta editor-in-chief
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/baltimore-business-journal-names-jessica-iannetta-editor-in-chief/
- Published: 2024-11-03T19:27:33.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-23T00:19:11.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, Maryland News, #wp-upper-left-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**Jessica Iannetta, who has been with the** [**Baltimore Business Journal**](https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **for more than six years,** has been named editor-in-chief.

Iannetta joined the BBJ in 2018 as associate editor and was promoted to managing editor in 2019, a role she has held since then. As managing editor, she led reporters through daily breaking news coverage, oversaw production of the weekly print edition and helped craft in-depth features, exclusive stories and the daily newsletters. Iannetta succeeds [longtime BBJ Editor-in-Chief Joanna Sullivan](https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2024/10/01/editor-joanna-sullivan-promoted-acbj.html?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), who led the newsroom for more than 20 years until a recent promotion within the American City Business Journals chain.

Iannetta, a New Jersey native, got her start in 2015 as a staff reporter with the Cecil Whig in Cecil County. She was promoted to deputy editor at the paper in 2016 and joined the BBJ two years later. She interned with the Star-Ledger in New Jersey and the Denver Post during and after her time at Syracuse University, where she graduated with degrees in newspaper journalism and political science.

“In almost seven years with the BBJ, Jess has developed deep knowledge of Greater Baltimore and has worked tirelessly to make our newsroom one of the top in the company. Because of this unwavering commitment, she has earned great respect in the community and amongst her peers nationwide,” said [Courtney Bode, BBJ market president and publisher](https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2024/03/21/get-to-know-bbj-publisher-courtney-bode.html?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).