AI and big data reporter Lynley departs Insider

Matthew Lynley

Matthew Lynley, who covered artificial intelligence and big data for Insider, has left to work on a solo project.

He had been with the site for the past year and was based in San Francisco.

Lynley has spent the last three years as a research analyst and data analyst for Pluralsight, A Cloud Gury and Brex.

He previously was a tech reporter for TechCrunch, BuzzFeed, The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and Silicon Alley Insider.

He is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate.

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.