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NBC News hires Ward to cover tech

Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward has been hired by NBC News’ business & tech unit as a technology correspondent based in San Francisco.

Starting in December, Ward will cover the tech industry with an emphasis on technology’s role in society.

Previously Ward was editor in chief of Popular Science magazine for several years. He joined Al Jazeera in 2013 as the science and technology correspondent. 

He also hosted investigative documentaries for Discovery, National Geographic, and PBS, and has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, and many other publications.

Ward is currently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford 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.

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