Dietz, past IRE president and Bloomberg reporter, dies

TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE

David Dietz, an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Markets magazine and a former president of Investigative Reporters and Editors, has died.

In a note to the staff on Thursday afternoon, Bloomberg editor in chief Matthew Winkler wrote, “David was an outstanding investigative reporter for Bloomberg Markets magazine. His many contributions over the years — including his final one in March on how companies cheated the poor by misusing federal tax credits intended to reduce poverty — exemplified the best in public service reporting.

“David wrote a follow-up on April 12, reporting that the Treasury Department would reform that program. In a 40-year career, mostly at newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle, he won more than 30 national and regional awards. A past president of Investigative Reporters and Editors, David was honored by IRE with a lifetime achievement award last year.

“David is survived by his wife and two sons. Plans for a memorial service are still being determined.”

Dietz was previously special projects editor at the Chronicle and at TheStreet.com.

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.