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Hamilton named AP technology editor

David Hamilton, a former assistant managing editor of CNET and Wall Street Journal reporter, has been named AP’s technology editor.

An AP story states, “Hamilton will lead a team of business reporters covering technology and work with AP staff around the globe on coverage of technology’s impact on business and daily life.

“‘David brings tremendous energy and passion for technology to the AP team,” said Lisa Gibbs, AP’s business editor. ‘His understanding of how tech is changing our lives will help AP up its coverage game in a fast-changing environment.’

“Hamilton, 49, starts Oct. 5 and will be based in San Francisco. He is a senior editor at the news startup OZY.

“He previously managed a team of tech reporters at the technology news site ReadWrite. During his five-year tenure at CBS Interactive, he managed the CNET news desk and helped launch a business blog network.

“Before that, Hamilton spent 14 years as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco and Tokyo, covering biotechnology and the Internet economy, among other beats.”

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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.