Categories: OLD Media Moves

TechCrunch hires Korosec to cover auto/transportation

Kirsten Korosec

TechCrunch has hired Kirsten Korosec to cover auto and transportation.

She starts Monday.

Korosec has been contributing to Fortune since March 2014, covering the business of autos, energy, and tech.

She has also been a freelance writer for more than a decade, writing for The Verge, SmartPlanet.com, BNET.com/CBS Moneywatch, Marketing News, MIT’s Technology Review, The Hill and Environmental Leader.

She is also the co-host of “The Autonocast,” a twice-weekly podcast show discussing the latest in transportation technology.

Korosec also spent five-and-a-half years at CBS Interactive and BNET.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Regis University and a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern 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.

Recent Posts

Indianapolis Biz Journal seeks a news editor

The Indianapolis Business Journal is looking for our next news editor, a role that focuses…

8 hours ago

Axios hires Berkowitz as ME for media and markets coverage

Axios has chosen Ben Berkowitz to be its next managing editor of business and markets.…

12 hours ago

Business Insider hires Ortega as director of newsroom operations

Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: I'm thrilled…

13 hours ago

Rest of World promotes Chandran to deputy editor

Rest of World editor in chief Anup Kaphle sent out the following on Monday: We are excited…

13 hours ago

FT hires Venugopal as India newsletter editor

The Financial Times has hired Veena Venugopal as its India newsletter editor. She has been working at…

14 hours ago

FT taps Parkin to be Middle East and Africa news editor

Benjamin Parkin has been named Middle East and Africa news editor at the Financial Times, based…

17 hours ago