Roof moving to VC/tech team at Bloomberg

Katie Roof

Bloomberg News reporter Katie Roof is moving to its venture capital and technology team in California.

She has been a reporter on its deals team.

Before joining Bloomberg in 2020, Roof worked for the WSJ Pro Venture Capital publication covering startups and venture capital.

Roof was previously a senior writer and video host at TechCrunch. She also co-hosted TechCrunch’s “Equity” podcast about tech finance.

Previously, Roof has held television production roles at CNN and Bloomberg Television.

Roof has a Master’s in Business Journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at San Diego.

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.