Visram departing Fast Company to freelance

Talib Visram

Fast Company staff writer Talib Visram is leaving the publication after five years to freelance.

His reporting focuses on the social impact of business.

A master’s-trained multimedia journalist, he’s hosted a variety of audio and video programs, and moderated live events. He’s had stints at CNNBusiness and Inc. magazine, and has written for publications including The Atlantic, Men’s Health, The Daily Beast, NBC News, and Vice.

Visram holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University and a master’s degree from the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

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.