FT reporter Louch is departing

William Louch

Financial Times private capital reporter William Louch is departing the news organization.

He is based in London and has been at the FT for a year.

He previously was a reporter covering investing for Bloomberg News, also in London. He also worked for The Wall Street Journal for nearly five years covering private equity.

Louch is the author of “The Key Man,” which was published in 2021 and longlisted for the FT-McKinsey Business Book of the Year.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and philosophy from Durham 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.