Hatch hired by The Deal as a senior editor

David Hatch

David Hatch has joined The Deal as a senior editor in Washington covering regulation.

Hatch most recently served as a senior technology reporter at PaRR-Global, an Acuris subsidiary, where he covered U.S. national security reviews of cross-border deals, Congress and federal agencies.

Hatch brings more than 20-plus years of financial reporting expertise to The Deal’s newsroom.

He was part of a team of journalists that launched Citiscope, a nonprofit news venture reporting on global urban innovation. He also had been a contributor to Tarbell, a nonprofit media venture that spotlights how influence works in Washington.

Previously, he was a freelance writer with a client list that included U.S. News & World Report, Governing, News Corp. and London-based Managing IP.

He also been a staff writer in Washington with National Journal and Crain Communications.

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.