TheStreet taps Krol as a senior reporter

Jacob Krol

Jake Krol has been hired by TheStreet.com as a senior reporter covering consumer technology.

He most recently was at The Arena Group as a senior editor.

Krol previously was a tech and electronics editor at CNN Underscored. Prior to joining CNN, Krol was a tech writer at Mashable. Before that, he was an intern at CNBC. He was also founder/editor-in-chief/tech reporter at NJ Tech Reviews, an online platform for tech reviews and news.

He was also an intern at CNN and CNET Reviews, CBS Interactive.

Krol has a B.A. from Muhlenberg 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.