Bloomberg hires Rudgard to cover environmental news

Olivia Rudgard

Bloomberg News has hired Telegraph correspondent Olivia Rudgard to cover the environment.

She will be based in London.

Rudgard has been with The Telegraph since 2014. She has covered the environment, Silicon Valley, social and religious affairs, and personal finance.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Durham University and a master’s degree from City University of London.

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.