Politico’s Overly departs trade beat for new project

Steven Overly

Politico global trade reporter Steven Overly is leaving the beat to work on a new project at the news organization.

He has been covering trade since early 2021. Before that, he covered the tech industry’s efforts to lobby and influence Washington leaders.

Overly previously worked as a reporter for The Washington Post’s Capital Business, writing about technology, biotechnology and venture capital in the Washington region, and across various other Post sections. He reported on the rapid rise and subsequent decline of LivingSocial, and the District’s efforts to foster a start-up ecosystem.

He studied business journalism at Columbia University as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow.

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.