Barron’s hires Light as senior crypto and fintech reporter

Joe Light

Barron’s has hired Joe Light as its senior cryptocurrency and fintech reporter.

He has been a reporter for Bloomberg News in Washington.

He covered corporate influence in Washington as well as cryptocurrency lobbying and regulation. Light previously wrote about taxes and for several years covered housing policy, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Before Bloomberg, Light worked at The Wall Street Journal covering mortgage finance, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He previously worked for Money magazine at the Florida Times-Union.

Light is a Yale University 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.