SF Standard hires Shugerman to cover wealth and power

Emily Shugerman

The San Francisco Standard has hired Emily Shugerman to cover wealth and power.

She will start next week.

Shugerman previously pioneered the role of gender reporter for The Daily Beast and covered breaking news and U.S. politics for The Independent. She also freelanced for outlets including TheStandard and New York Magazine’s The Cut.

She is a recipient of the Newswomen’s Club of New York’s Front Page Award and a finalist for the 2021 Livingston Award.

Shugerman is a graduate of Occidental College.

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.