Heatmap News hires Brigham to cover climate tech

Katie Brigham

Heatmap News has hired Katie Brigham to cover climate technology.

She previously was a lead producer for CNBC.com, where she worked for five years in the San Francisco bureau.

She had been reporting, shooting, scripting and editing 10-20 minute documentary pieces for CNBC’s website, YouTube and other social channels, with a focus on energy, green tech and climate change.

Brigham previously was a video producer for The Wall Street Journal. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Stanford 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.