WSJ hires Brown as a DC deputy coverage chief

Dave Brown

Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday:

I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Brown as deputy coverage chief, Washington, DC.
As the news from Washington shows no sign of slowing, Dave will help to elevate our industry-leading coverage. He will work alongside fellow Deputy Janet Adamy and Coverage Chief Damian Paletta as they oversee the Politics, Law, National Security and Enterprise teams from the nation’s capital.
Dave joins us from Politico, where he has been the deputy managing editor, global security for the past year after various roles overseeing national security and defense coverage. Previously, Dave worked at the Washington Examiner and Defense News.
Dave will start on September 22. Please join me in welcoming him to the Journal.

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.