Gale departs WSJ for Bloomberg in Tokyo

Alastair Gale

Wall Street Journal reporter Alastair Gale has left the publication for a similar position at Bloomberg News.

He has been Asia security correspondent and Japan editor for The Journal, based in Tokyo. He writes about regional security issues, with a focus on China, and covers major news developments in Japan.

Gale has worked in Asia for the company since 1999 and was bureau chief in Seoul from 2011 to 2016. He has been part of teams that have won awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia, including for coverage of North Korea.

He is a graduate of Bristol 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.