NY Times hires Mattu as ME of Dealbook

Ravi Mattu

The New York Times has hired Ravi Mattu to be managing editor of Dealbook.

Mattu was the deputy Asia news editor of the Financial Times, helping to drive the paper’s coverage across the Asia-Pacific region.

Since joining the FT in 2000, he held a number of senior positions at the FT including, tech editor, business life editor, overseeing the management section of the paper; acting editor of the FT Weekend Magazine; and editor of Special Reports (magazines and websites).

He joined the FT from Prospect Magazine, where he was a senior editor. He began his career at Harper’s Magazine in New York.

Mattu is a graduate of McGill 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.