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Bloomberg editor Komarow leaves for CQ Roll Call

Steven Komarow, who had been leading Bloomberg News‘ coverage of the White House and the Justice Department, has resigned to become CQ news director and vice president at CQ Roll Call.

Komarow, who will report to chief content officer David Ellis, will start on Jan. 15.

Komarow has been with Bloomberg for the past five years. He previously was deputy bureau chief in Washington and deputy international at the Associated Press. He was also a defense correspondent for USA Today for 12 years, reporting from more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He opened USA Today’s Berlin bureau in 2000.

“When Steve expressed an interest in joining CQ Roll Call, we knew we were being presented with a unique opportunity to make a strategic hire for our newsroom,” said CQ Roll Call executive vice president and managing director Keith White.

Komarow is also an adjunct lecturer for Northwestern University’s D.C. program and holds a B.A. in political science from George Washington 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.