WSJ hires Bade to cover Trump and trade

Gavin Bade (M. Scott Mahaskey/Politico)

The Wall Street Journal has hired Gavin Bade to cover President Trump and trade.

His first day will be Jan. 13.

Bade is a reporter on the Politico Pro trade team covering the administration and Congress’ approach to industrial policy and other trade issues. He previously was on the Pro energy team covering the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, electricity markets and state policy.

He was previously senior reporter and editor at Utility Dive, an energy trade publication.

Bade is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he edited the campus alt-weekly, the Voice.

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.