TheStreet hires Pickering as senior editor

John Pickering

John Pickering, a business journalist with stints at both Reuters and Bloomberg News, has joined TheStreet.com as a senior editor.

It’s the first major editorial hire since CEO David Callaway and editor in chief Tara Murphy took over earlier this summer.

Pickering has been with Reuters as a top news editor for the past two years.

Before that, Pickering spent 21 years at Bloomberg, including five years in its U.S. legal team as a senior editor and as bankruptcy team leader. Among the stories Pickering has overseen include key parts of Bloomberg’s coverage of the financial crisis, including the Lehman and General Motors’ bankruptcies, and the AIG rescue.

Other positions he previously held include features editor for Bloomberg’s bond team, deputy team leader for the finance team, and New York-based Latin American team leader. He also spent five years with Bloomberg in London.

Pickering has a B.A. from Columbia University and started his career at Accounting Today.

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.