TechCrunch senior reporter Shu among the layoffs

Catherine Shu

TechCrunch senior reporter Catherine Shu is among the layoffs at the technology news publication.

She has been covering breaking news from Asia and the United States, and she wrote analysis pieces about the tech industry in Asia, putting different markets, sectors, policy and trends into context for international audiences. She also wrote about all Asian markets, focusing in particular on East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Shu also developed and co-authored TechCrunch’s internal guide to covering China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

She previously was a news assistant at Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal.

Shu holds a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a master’s degree from Columbia University.

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.