CNBC moves Sheetz to space beat

CNBC Digital reporter Michael Sheetz has been appointed to covering the space industry on a full-time basis.

He previously was a markets reporter but has been writing about space whenever possible. He will now be covering SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Virgin Galactic, Maxar and Iridium.

“The current crisis and volatile environment mean I will continue to pitch in on CNBC’s Markets team for at least a little while longer,” said Sheetz on Twitter. “This is an unprecedented time and I’m grateful for the opportunities to cover it moment-by-moment.”

Sheetz joined CNBC in May 2017 and was promoted to a reporter in July 2018. He also interned on the “Mad Money” show.

He’s a graduate of The King’s College in New York.

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.