Bloomberg to name new DC bureau chief

Bloomberg News is planning to promote White House reporter Jonathan Allen to Washington bureau chief, reports Dylan Byers of Politico.

Byers writes, “The move is part of Bloomberg’s larger effort to shore up its political coverage after a string of high-level departures from the D.C. office, including executive editor Susan Goldberg and managing editor Tim Franklin in January. As previously reported, Winnie O’Kelley, a financial crimes editor, will expand her role to oversee all U.S. government, legal and regulatory coverage.

“Allen, who joined Bloomberg from POLITICO in January, is a co-author of the new Hillary Clinton biography “HRC” and is currently at work on a follow-up book, also with co-author Amie Parnes, that will document Clinton’s likely bid for the White House in 2016.

“Both Allen and a spokesperson for Bloomberg News declined to comment.”

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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.