Insider hires Chen as senior reporter on the media desk

Tanya Chen

Insider has hired Tanya Chen as a senior reporter on the media desk covering influencers, the creator economy and the business of social-media platforms.

Chen was previously at BuzzFeed News as a senior reporter on the social news team. There, she covered internet culture, the creator economy, and things that intersect. She helped launch its first “Please Like Me” newsletter on these subjects.

Prior to Chen’s time on the news team at BuzzFeed News, she spent a number of years as a generalist writer for BuzzFeed, helping shape its listicle lore.

She has also written for music and hip hop publications like Miss Info and Vibe Magazine.

Chen holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University in journalism and communications.

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.