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BusinessWeek's Dunham leaves for Houston Chronicle

Rick Dunham, who has been in BusinessWeek‘s Washington bureau for the past 15 years, is leaving the magazine to become the Houston Chronicle’s Washington bureau chief.

The move comes less than a month after the glossy named Jane Sasseen as its new DC bureau chief.

Dunham hasÂ been a senior writer covering the intersection of politics and policy in Washington. He joined BusinessWeek in 1992 after seven years as a national political reporter for the now-defunctÂ Dallas Times Herald.

“Rick has made a name for himself as an enterprising and creative journalist in both magazines and newspapers,’ said Jeff Cohen, editor of the Chronicle, in a release. “He’s filled with tremendous ideas about Washington coverage for a regional news organization, and I predict you’ll see a lively report in the newspaper and on chron.com.”

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history, Dunham has been active in Washington journalism circles, having served as president of the National Press Club and chairman of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. He lives in Arlington, Va., with his wife, Pam Tobey, a graphic artist at the Washington Post.

See the release here.

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.

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Bill Jameson says:
July 12, 2007 at 12:59 pm
As head of the Corporations department and later as head of the front-book news section, Jane Sasseen gained a well-earned reputation as one of the most abrasive editors at the magazine. I think that you will be seeing still more departures.
John R says:
July 13, 2007 at 4:43 am
@ Bill Jameson
I have to agree with you. hopefully that won't hurt the quality of the magazine.
Andy J. says:
July 13, 2007 at 8:17 pm
"Abrasive" is putting it mildly. Imperious and sometimes just downright nasty. She is planted from the outside on a bureau that has been shrunken to the bone already by layoffs. This must rank as one of the goofiest moves that Adler has made, right up there with the wine columnist.