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Ciacca hired by Fox to cover tech news

Chris Ciaccia

Chris Ciaccia, former tech editor of TheStreet.com, has been hired by Fox News to cover technology news.

He will also contribute to Fox Business Network. He starts July 17.

“I’m proud to be joining Fox News and look forward to continue writing about the incredible technological changes society continues to undergo,” said Ciaccia in an email to Talking Biz News.

Ciaccia left TheStreet in March 2016 for a job at Group SJR, a subsidiary of WPP. Group SJR is a digital consulting firm specializing in insights, content creation, curation and audience development.

Ciaccia had been responsible for the majority of the technology-related content on the site. He joined TheStreet as a technology reporter in November 2011.

Prior to TheStreet, Ciaccia covered markets for Benzinga.com and also worked as an analyst at GMAC and at Laurus Capital Management. Ciaccia has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Seton Hall University.

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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