Categories: OLD Media Moves

Bloomberg DC bureau chief leaves for Vox

Jonathan Allen, the Washington bureau chief for Bloomberg News, is heading to Vox as the site’s chief political correspondent, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post.

Calderone writes, “‘I love to live at the corner of politics and substance and to put things out both quickly and thoughtfully,’ Allen told HuffPost. ‘And I think Vox is doing that better than anyone else right now.’

“Allen joined Bloomberg last year to cover the White House and the 2016 campaign, especially Hillary Clinton.

“He co-wrote a 2014 book about Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State and is the second Bloomberg staffer with expertise on the Democratic front-runner to leave in recent weeks. Lisa Lerer headed to the AP last month for a political reporter position focused on Clinton.”

Read more here. Allen joined Bloomberg News from Politico.

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.