Banjo becomes Asian tech reporter for Bloomberg

Shelly Banjo

Shelly Banjo, who has been writing about Asian conglomerates for Bloomberg Gadfly, is becoming a tech reporter for Bloomberg News in Asia.

Banjo and her husband, The Wall Street Journal’s Steven Russolillo, moved to Hong Kong in June.

She joined Bloomberg in October 2015 from Quartz, where she covered the future of finance.

Before moving to Asia, Banjo had been writing about retail and consumer news for Gadfly.

Before Quartz, Banjo worked at The Journal, where she has served as a corporate reporter covering the retail sector. She was earlier part of the team that launched the Journal’s metro section and has covered philanthropy, charities, wealth management, and personal finance for the Journal.

Banjo has an MBA from New York University and a degree in journalism and international studies from Northwestern University.

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.