BuzzFeed hires Lucas to oversee tech/biz coverage

Scott Lucas

BuzzFeed has hired Scott Lucas as deputy editor for tech and business.

He replaces Samantha Oltman, who left to become editor in chief of Recode

Lucas has been a senior editor for San Francisco magazine and politics editor for The Las Vegas Sun. He has also written for Politico Magazine, The Economist and The Washington Post.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Cal-Berkeley and a master’s degree from Cal-San Diego.

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.