Bloomberg names Shepard senior editor for technology and strategic industries

Mike Shepard

Bloomberg News has named Mike Shepard a senior editor for technology and strategic industries.

He previously was executive editor for U.S. government news in Washington.

Shepard has been with Bloomberg for 13 years, previously serving as senior editor, Washington, and as editor at the technology regulation team, editing breaking and enterprise stories.

Prior to Bloomberg, he was with The Washington Post for 22 years, where he held various editing roles. He served as night editor on the financial desk, handling breaking and enterprise stories on companies, the economy, financial markets, and regulatory policy for the newspaper and its website.

He also edited several blogs on subjects that include the economy, technology and government policy. He has also served as a news editor, designing pages and overseeing production of the A and Metro sections at the Post.

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.