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Donahue becomes European government editor for Bloomberg

Patrick Donahue

Patrick Donahue is becoming a European government editor for Bloomberg News.

He will be focusing on eastern European politics and economy and staying in Berlin.

Donahue has been covering German politics and government since 2010 for Bloomberg, with a focus on Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In recent years he has covered the breakdown of the trans-Atlantic relationship during the Trump presidency, the European refugee crisis, the EU response to Russia’s seizure of Crimea – and all the moving parts of the Euro crisis, including bailout politics, monetary policy and sovereign-bond spreads.

Donahue has been with Bloomberg since 2001 and holds a master’s degree from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

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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