FT taps Chu to cover the US economy

Amanda Chu has been appointed U.S. economics correspondent, based in New York, to report on major economic data releases and institutions.

She will also produce data-driven reporting on how investment patterns respond to shifts in politics, policy and global markets, as well as contribute to broader coverage of U.S. economic policy.

Chu joined the FT in 2021 and was previously U.S. energy reporter and a lead writer for the “Energy Source” newsletter.

She is a graduate of Georgetown University in international affairs and creative writing.

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.