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Austin Biz Journal hires Baird to cover real estate

Cody Baird

Cody Baird has been hired by the Austin Business Journal to cover real estate.

Managing editor Will Anderson reports, “Baird came to ABJ from The Victoria Advocate in South Texas, where he covered business and agriculture. He has also worked at Insite Brazos Valley Magazine and was an air traffic controller in the U.S. Air Force. He can be reached at cbaird@bizjournals.com.

“‘We are so excited to welcome Cody to Austin Business Journal, where he will have his finger on the pulse of industries critical to the Central Texas economy,’ said Abby Mellott, ABJ market president and publisher. ‘His reporting skills and professionalism will be huge assets to the real estate community.’

“Baird replaced Parimal Rohit.”

Read more here.

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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