Industry Dive has hired Patrick Cooley to cover the payments industry.
He previously was at The Messenger covering agriculture and commodities.
Cooley had been previously freelancing for Industry Dive, but he was a business reporter for The Columbus Dispatch for more than four years covering agriculture, the environment and transportation.
He also worked for Cleveland,com as a life and culture reporter and as a crime reporter.
Cooley holds a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University.
