Reuters names Smith its Korea bureau chief

Josh Smith

Josh Smith has been named Korea bureau chief for Reuters.

He will lead a Reuters bureau of 22 journalists covering news from South Korea and North Korea.

Smith previously was a senior correspondent in Seoul for the past six years. He also worked for Reuters in Afghanistan.

Smith previously worked at Stars and Stripes and The National Journal. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Southern Utah University and a master’s degree from Kings College London.

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.