New York Law Journal hires Hamilton

Colby Hamilton

B. Colby Hamilton has been hired by the New York Law Journal, an ALM paper to cover white collar crime and Wall Street.

He startes Monday. Hamilton has been covering the legal system in New York City and State for Politico New York.

Focusing on the intersection of government policy, law enforcement and the criminal justice system, Hamilton has covered federal corruption trials of state officials, detailed the evolution of the state’s highest court under Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and continues to explore the implementation and effect of New York City’s criminal justice reform efforts.

Prior to joining Politico New York, Hamilton covered City Hall for DNAinfo and WNYC.

He’s a graduate of the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism. He has a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from Emerson College.

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.