Bloomberg names Albanese its Rome bureau chief

Chiara Albanese

Chiara Albanese has been named Rome bureau chief for Bloomberg News.

She replaces Alessandro Speciale, who has become Switzerland bureau chief.

As a correspondent in Rome, Albanese has been covering government, the economy, energy and infrastructure. Before returning to Italy with Bloomberg, she wrote about markets from London for the Wall Street Journal and contributed to Il Sole 24 Ore and Corriere della Sera.

She teaches on the masters course in journalism and multimedia communication at the LUISS University in Rome and hosts a weekly political podcast.

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.