Bloomberg News has hired Mitchell Ferman to cover the oil industry in Texas.
Ferman covered energy and the economy for the Texas Tribune, based in Houston. Before joining the Tribune he was a reporter for The Monitor in McAllen, where he covered cross-border trade, politics and the city of McAllen.
He also regularly freelanced from the Rio Grande Valley and beyond for The New York Times, Texas Monthly and Reuters, writing about topics including the family separation crisis and unexpected consequences of the border wall.
He graduated from the University of Missouri.