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Washington Post to start new tech blog

The Washington Post announced Monday it will launch a new blog called ‘The Switch’ on July 29 which will focus on technology policy and feature in-depth news, analysis and insight on issues like NSA surveillance, patent trolls and broadband networks.

Post tech writer Tim Lee will anchor the blog with support from new hires Andrea Peterson and Brian Fung. In addition to the regular bloggers, The Switch will feature contributions from The Post’s current tech reporters: Cecilia Kang, Craig Timberg and Hayley Tsukayama.

“The tech industry and Washington are more entwined now than ever before. The Post is uniquely positioned to cover this evolving relationship, helping users understand the hot button issues and how they might be affected by changing policies,” said Greg Schneider, National Economy and Business Editor at The Post.

All three bloggers bring a strong background and expertise to this subject. Tim Lee joined The Post this spring from Ars Technica, where he covered technology policy for the last two years. Andrea Peterson was previously at ThinkProgress, where she led technology policy coverage.

Brian Fung comes to The Post via the Atlantic Media Company, where he spent the last year and a half helping to launch Quartz, the company’s new online business publication; editing the health and international channels at TheAtlantic.com; and covering tech for its sister site, National Journal.

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.

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