Cassella leaving Reuters for Politico

Megan Cassella

Megan Cassella, an economics and politics reporter for Reuters in Washington, is leaving the news agency for a job at Politico.

At Politico, Cassella will cover international trade.

Washington bureau chief Kevin Krolicki and deputy bureau chief Kevin Drawbaugh sent out the following announcement on Friday:

Her last day will be Monday, June 13. Megan has become a valuable member of the Speed Team and has made big contributions to our campaign and data coverage. She has accepted an offer to go to work at Politico. We will miss her, but wish her well as she pursues her career in journalism.

Cassella graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she studied business journalism. She interned on the business desk of the Charlotte Observer and worked at The Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper.

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.