D’Amico hired by CTFN as deputy editor

Esther D’Amico has been hired by CTFN as deputy editor.

D’Amico will initially focus on antitrust coverage and serve as a writing resource for reporters and help to further develop CTFN’s in-house style.

Prior to joining CTFN, D’Amico led U.S. antitrust, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and congressional coverage at Acuris’s Dealreporter and PaRR, and has deep experience covering beats including industrial chemicals, transportation and the environment.

Originally from Long Island, she has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from Texas Christian 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.