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Biz journalist Vella joins Polestar in media relations

Business journalist Matt Vella has been hired by Polestar, which develops electric performance cars for Volvo, where he will be responsible for global media relations.

Vella most recently was executive editor at Time overseeing enterprise reporting projects. He had been the magazine’s business editor from 2013 to 2014 and then was an assistant managing editor.

“In my years of covering technology and business, I’ve never come across a company as unique as Polestar,” said Vella in a statement. “It’s both an ambitious and agile start-up, as well as a firm backed by the expertise and credibility of its parent company to make good on its significant promises.”

He worked for Fortune from July 2011 to 2013, editing its technology section and leading daily tech, innovation and autos coverage on Fortune.com.

Vella worked at BusinessWeek from 2007 to 2009 as a reporter in the innovation and design section, Before that, he worked briefly for The Wall Street Journal’s online operation and as a reporter writing features and spot news for BusinessWeek.com.

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.