Guardian tech editor Hern is departing

Alex Hern

Alex Hern, the tech editor at The Guardian, is leaving the publication after 11 years.

Formerly an economics reporter, Hern has had a varied career gaining experience in a number of different sectors. Before joining The Guardian, he worked for New Statesman.

Hern has reported on a number of high-profile news stories such as malware attacks on mobile devices, privacy issues with social media applications, cyber security, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, problems with ethics in the digital world, digital marketing and search engine algorithm updates to name a few.

His work has also been featured in a variety of digital formats for Medium, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, The Hindu, Irish Times, New Statesman and RawStory.

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.