Wired staff writer Barber departs

Gregory Barber

Gregory Barber, a staff writer at Wired, was among those laid off last week.

He had been at Wired since 2019.

Barber was honored with the 2022 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Writing – Features for his longform story on the impact lithium mining in the deserts of Nevada has on a fragile species of buckwheat, at risk of extinction due to mining operations

Barber covered energy and the environment. He graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and English literature and now lives in San Francisco.

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.