Austin growth and development reporter Asch departing for Texas Standard

Sarah Asch

Sarah Asch, a growth and development reporter for the Austin American-Statesman, is leaving the paper to become a producer and reporter for the “Texas Standard.”

Her last day at the American-Statesman is Friday.

“Texas Standard” is broadcast daily on public radio stations across the state.

Asch wrote about homelessness, affordability, transportation and the environment for the American-Statseman. A graduate of Middlebury College in rural Vermont, Asch previously worked at VTDigger.

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.