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Bloomberg names new DC bureau chief

Financial Times Washington bureau chief Megan Murphy is joining Bloomberg News as its Washington bureau chief and executive editor for U.S. government, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post.

Calderone writes, “Murphy will report to senior executive editor Marty Schenker, who will move from New York to Washington to oversee global coverage of government, politics and economics.

“In the memo, Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait said the company’s ‘priority in Washington is to get the whole bureau to work as one team.’

“Micklethwait, the former top editor at The Economist, was tapped by founder and chief executive Michael Bloomberg to lead the media company late last year. In recent months, Micklethwait has been addressing tensions between the New York and Washington operations.

“Some Bloomberg News staffers in Washington felt marginalized as New York editors took the lead on political coverage last year following the launch of the Mark Halperin and John Heilemann-led Bloomberg Politics.”

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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.