DC bureau chief Kahloon departing The Economist for The Atlantic

Idrees Kahloon

Idrees Kahloon, the Washington bureau chief at The Economist, is departing for a position at The Atlantic.

At The Ecomomist, he leads coverage of the White House, Congress and national politics. Prior to that, he was the Washington correspondent and U.S. policy correspondent. He began at The Economist as a data journalist in London.

He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in applied mathematics and economics.

Lexington columnist James Bennet will take over as interim DC bureau chief. He will continue to write The Economist’s Lexington column, providing analysis and commentary on American politics, policies, and cultural dynamics.

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.