Alkousaa takes over Germany energy and climate beat at Reuters

Reuters reporter Riham Alkousaa is now covering the German energy and climate change beat.

She will be reporting on the political side of the energy transition and security and the plans of Germany’s greener government for more environmental policies.

Alkousaa has been a correspondent on the Germany politics and general news team. Previously, she was an editor on the speed desk.

Alkousaa joined Reuters in 2017 as an intern reporter. She has previously freelanced for outlets in Germany, including Al-Fanar Media and The Point Magazine. She has also worked freelance for Al Jazeera, USA Today and The Washington Times.

She has worked freelance and edited for various other outlets, including Syria Today Magazine, Haykal Media and more.

Alkousaa graduated from Columbia University.

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.