Politico’s Benson moves from food and ag beat to political coverage

Samuel Benson

Politico food and agriculture reporter Sam Benson is moving to the politics beat.

He joined Politico earlier this year. He had been with The Deseret News for the past five years as national political correspondent.

Benson previously interned with Politico.

He is a graduate of Brigham Young 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.