Grist hires Horn-Muller to cover food and agriculture

Ayurella Horn-Muller

Ayurella Horn-Muller has been hired by Grist to cover food and agriculture.

She has been a contributing science reporter at CNN since January. She is also the author of “Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South,” published last month by Louisiana State University Press.

Previously, Horn-Muller was a fellow at Axios reporting on national climate and food systems news for an inaugural fellowship aimed at mid-career beat journalists. She has also reported for Forbes and Climate Central.

Horn-Miller holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and a master’s degree from the University of Gothenberg.

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.