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Semafor hires Fortune’s Chandler for Asia events

Clay Chandler

Semafor has hired Clay Chandler from Fortune magazine to oversee its live journalism programs in the Asia-Pacific region and to help launch a new Asia product.

From his base in Hong Kong, Chandler has overseen Fortune’s editorial operations and conference strategy in the region. He serves as a chair or co-chair for some of Fortune’s most prestigious business events including the Fortune Global Forum, the Fortune Innovation Forum, Brainstorm AI Singapore, and Brainstorm Design.

He returned to Fortune in 2017 following a six-year stint at McKinsey & Co., where he led a series of high-profile research and publishing projects. He served previously as Fortune’s Asia editor from 2002 to 2008.

Prior to joining Fortune, Chandler covered business, technology, and economic policy in the U.S. and Asia as a senior staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.

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.

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