SF Chronicle hires new energy/transportation reporter

J.D. Morris

The San Francisco Chronicle has hired J.D. Morris of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat to cover energy and transportation.

He replaces David Baker, who recently left The Chronicle to join Bloomberg.

Morris was part of the Pulitzer-winning team who won recognition for the Press-Democrat’s coverage of the Wine Country fires.

Ginny LaRoe is also joining The Chronicle for a four-month stint as deputy business editor.

She was managing editor of The Recorder, an ALM publication, and criminal justice editor of Nola.com. LaRoe is filling in temporarily for Kate Galbraith, who returns in February.

“We are thrilled to have a talented and experienced journalist like Ginny join us to bolster the business team while Kate is away,” said business editor Owen Thomas.

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.