WSJ real estate bureau chief Hunter leaves paper

Wall Street Journal real estate bureau chief Rob Hunter has left the paper. His last day was Friday.

In an email to the staff, Hunter wrote:

Just a quick note to thank all of the talented reporters and editors who have made the past eight years so exciting. I’ve learned a lot from all of you. Now I’m going to try my hand at something new.
Please stay in touch.

Hunter joined the real estate team in 2014. He previously worked on the Money & Investing, where he oversaw the banking group. Prior to that, Hunter was the personal finance editor, overseeing the Weekend Investor section and its online manifestations.

Before The Journal, Hunter worked at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, where he was assistant managing editor for features, and at SmartMoney.

Before that, Hunter was a senior editor and then the managing editor of Derivatives Strategy, a monthly magazine. He began his journalism career as a reporter at the Waterford, NY-based newspaper, The Good News.

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.