Nawaguna hired by Business Insider’s DC bureau as deputy editor

Elvina Nawaguna

Elvina Nawaguna, who covers energy and environment for CQ Roll Call, has been hired by Business Insider in its Washington bureau to be a deputy editor

She will start next month.

Nawaguna has been at CQ Roll Call since April 2016 focusing on agencies, states and Congressional action. Her stories ranged from what is happening to the coal industry to the White House’s climate and environment policies..

She previously worked at MNI International covering oil, energy and economic indicators. She also worked at Reuters in Washington and as a business reporter for The Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger.

Nawaguna holds a master’s degree in business journalism from Arizona State University.

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.