Bloomberg’s Watson joins WSJ as entertainment reporter

R.T. Watson

R.T. Watson has been hired by The Wall Street Journal as an entertainment reporter based in Los Angeles.

Watson previously worked for Bloomberg News in Rio de Janeiro where he covered primarily commodities since February 2016.

Joining WSJ’s Hollywood beat represents somewhat of a homecoming, as Watson started his journalism career in Los Angeles with the Hollywood Reporter and Reuters before moving to South America ahead of the 2014 World Cup.

While in Brazil for Reuters, he also produced, shot, wrote and edited video news content.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA.

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.