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CyberScoop News hires Johnson as a reporter

Derek Johnson

CyberScoop News has hired Derek Johnson as a reporter.

He has been at SC Media/CyberRisk Alliance as a senior reporter covering cybersecurity focusing on technology innovation and threat intelligence.

He previously was a senior staff writer at Federal Computer Week, covering government-wide IT policy, cybersecurity and a range of other federal technology issues.

Prior to joining FCW, Johnson was a freelance technology journalist. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, GoodCall News, Foreign Policy Journal, Washington Technology, Elevation DC, Connection Newspapers and The Maryland Gazette.

Johnson has a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Hofstra University and a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University.

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.

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