Reuters hires Politico’s Hesson to cover immigration in DC

Ted Hesson

Reuters has hired Politico reporter Ted Hesson to cover immigration from its Washington bureau.

He will start next week.

“I’m looking forward to collaborating with their stellar team of journalists in D.C., the U.S. and around the world,” wrote Hesson on Twitter.

Hesson has been with Politico since October 2016, covering employment and immigration. He regularly broke news about immigration policy and Homeland Security Department operations.

He was also the immigration editor at Fusion and worked at The National Journal and Vice as a freelance writer.

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.