Lin joins Bloomberg as a data reporter in Asia

Andy Lin

Bloomberg News has hired Andy Lin as a data reporter in Asia.

He will be covering economics, politics and anything in between in Asia.

Lin previously was at the Financial Times, where he reported on Asia news stories using data analysis, graphics and statistics on the FT’s visual and data journalism team.

He previously worked in data journalism roles in Taiwan and Singapore and has a background in social data science and economics.

Lin holds a bachelor’s degree from National Taiwan University and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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.