Amon named WSJ law bureau chief

Michael Amon

Emily Nelson, U.S. coverage chief at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement:

I am thrilled to announce that Mike Amon is named Law Bureau Chief.
Mike brings the ability to chart dominating coverage and develop high-impact stories to the U.S. news leadership team. He takes on the leadership of a talented group of reporters who cover some of the most divisive topics facing the country right now. Coverage of the legal system and all the issues it shapes is at the heart of some of our biggest stories.
Mike returns to New York from Dubai where as deputy bureau chief for the Middle East and North Africa, he led coverage of business and economic issues, writing and editing stories about the social and financial upheaval in Saudi Arabia and the effect of U.S. sanctions on the Iranian economy and culture.
Mike joined the Journal in 2011 as deputy bureau chief of Greater New York where he stood out for his smart and thoughtful leadership during natural disasters and other large, fast-moving stories. He moved to London in 2015 to lead the energy team. He has also worked at the Washington Post and Newsday.
He is a graduate of New York University, a Mets fan and a native of Yankton, S.D.
Please join me in congratulating Mike on his new role.

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.