The Verge hires Heath, Lawler, Keck

The Verge

The Verge has hired three new reporters as part of an expansion, reports Sara Fischer of Axios.

Fischer writes, “Alex Heath from The Information as a senior reporter for platforms, Axios has learned. His first story for the site will run on Thursday.

“Richard Lawler will also be joining from Engadget as a senior news editor, and Catie Keck from Gizmodo as a reporter for streaming and entertainment. Both start later this month.”

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Heath had been with The Information for two years covering Facebook and Alphabet. He previously worked at Cheddar and received the SABEW best young business journalist award under the age of 30.

Keck had been at Gizmodo since October 2018, starting first as a night and weekends editor. She has been a staff writer since March 2019.

Lawler had been at Engadget since 2005.

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.