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Reuters journalist named prez of Hong Kong journalists

Tara Joseph, executive producer, Asia of Reuters Insider has been elected president of Hong Kong’s prestigious Foreign Correspondents’ Club.

Joseph has served on the club’s board for the past three years, and taken an active role in overseeing the club’s professional committee, along with organizing and introducing speakers at lunches and events.

Joseph has been a Reuters journalist for two decades, with news reporting experience in both TV and print. She has more than 10 years experience reporting and presenting for TV in Asia. Before moving to Asia, Joseph was the main presenter and global editor for Reuters Financial TV based in London.

Joseph is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, and Smith College in the United States.

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.