Balaraman departs Utility Dive for freelancing

Kavya Balaraman

Kavya Balaraman, a reporter for Utility Dive, an Industry Dive publication, has left to freelance.

She joined in 2019 and previously had been at NewsData Corp. since Mary 2017, reporting on energy policy and utility regulation, and tracking key stories that reflect California’s push toward its ambitious clean energy targets. She covered a wide-ranging beat that included Pacific Gas & Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission.

Balaraman also worked at E&E News as a reporting fellow.

She holds a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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.