The Guardian hires Politico’s Holden to cover energy and climate

Emily Holden - March 15, 2018 (M. Scott Mahaskey/Politico)

Emily Holden – March 15, 2018 (M. Scott Mahaskey/Politico)

The Guardian has hired reporter Emily Holden to cover climate and energy news.

She has been reporting on energy and climate change at Politico since July 2017. Her last day at Politico is Wednesday.

She previously covered the White House and EPA’s Clean Power Plan for E&E News from November 2014 to July 2017.

Holden has written for CQ Roll Call as an energy and environment reporter, the Arizona Republic, the Houston Chronicle and The Advocate, in her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

She is a graduate of Louisiana State 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.