Parker named Bloomberg ME of economy/government coverage

Mario Parker

Mario Parker will become Bloomberg News managing editor of economy/government overseeing coverage of the 2024 election, White House, Congress, and international economics and security, Washington bureau chief Margaret Collins announced Tuesday.

Parker was previously White House and politics editor since January 2023, helping Bloomberg News both prepare and cover the Republican presidential primary as well as President Joe Biden’s re-election bid.

Parker previously led Bloomberg’s national politics coverage and before taking on an editing role, he was a White House correspondent during the Trump administration.

He has been with Bloomberg since September 2006. Parker holds a bachelor’s degree from Benedictine College and a master’s degree from the University of Illinois.

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.