Chiara Albanese has been named Rome bureau chief for Bloomberg News.

She replaces Alessandro Speciale, who has become Switzerland bureau chief.

As a correspondent in Rome, Albanese has been covering government, the economy, energy and infrastructure. Before returning to Italy with Bloomberg, she wrote about markets from London for the Wall Street Journal and contributed to Il Sole 24 Ore and Corriere della Sera.

She teaches on the masters course in journalism and multimedia communication at the LUISS University in Rome and hosts a weekly political podcast.