Maher named Reuters deputy breaking news editor for Middle East

Hatem Maher

Reuters has promoted Hatem Maher to deputy breaking news editor for the Middle East.

Maher has been a Middle East correspondent based in Cairo since February 2023.

He previously worked for Africa Report and ABC News. Maher has also contributed to The Guardian and Yahoo.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Helwan University in Cairo.

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.