Olson departing The Information for NYU program

Mathew Olson

The Information reporter Mathew Olson is leaving the technology news site to join New York University’s interactive telecommunications program this fall.

His last day will be July 1.

He joined The Information in 2021 and launched its newsletter on augmented and virtual reality.

His journalism career began with a freelancing gig at Wirecutter, followed by a role at Digg in 2016, where he covered tech, entertainment and internet culture at large. His work has included data-driven analyses of the Oscars, the animation business and an investigation of the Fyre Festival debacle.

In 2019, Olson joined the team at USgamer, tackling daily news alongside features on video game development, hardware, VR titles and arcades.

Olson studied economics at Reed College.

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.