Forbes reporter Kirsch hired by The Daily Beast

Noah Kirsch

Forbes reporter Noah Kirsch has been hired by The Daily Beast to cover wealth and power.

He will take over The Beast’s “Power Trip” column.

Kirsch has been with Forbes for the past five years. He has been a reporter, chief of reporters and a staff writer. At Forbes, he writes feature stories and investigative pieces across a wide range of topics. His work has been recognized among the “Best in Business” by the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. His past stories include: The man who wants to privatize the Afghanistan War, the Nutella billionaire, Donald Trump’s oligarch friend, the worst deal ever, and an exposé on the toxic culture at Papa John’s Pizza.

Kirsch has appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, NPR’s All Things Considered, and BBC Radio, among other outlets.

He graduated from Tufts University with a dual degree in international relations and Arabic.

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.