OLD Media Moves

Lazo departs WSJ for CalMatters

Alejandro Lazo

Wall Street Journal national reporter Alejandro Lazo has joined CalMatters to cover the state’s economic divide.

Lazo joined the Journal in 2013 in its West Coast bureau as a reporter covering politics and policy issues in state houses across the West, with special emphasis on Sacramento.

He previously worked at Los Angeles Times, where he covered housing and the real estate market for almost four years. He previously wrote about commercial real estate and other business topics for the Washington Post, and did stints as an intern at Newsday and the New York Times, among other publications.

Lazo graduated with a degree in politics from the University of San Francisco. He has also earned two master’s degrees in journalism, with a focus on business and economics, at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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.

Recent Posts

WSJ’s Eisen to write book about the mortgage market

Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Eisen has signed a contract with Norton to write a book about…

38 mins ago

Reuters hires Krishnakutty as a news producer

Reuters has hired Pia Krishnakutty as a news producer. She has been at The Print as a…

43 mins ago

Indianapolis Biz Journal seeks a news editor

The Indianapolis Business Journal is looking for our next news editor, a role that focuses…

16 hours ago

Axios hires Berkowitz as ME for media and markets coverage

Axios has chosen Ben Berkowitz to be its next managing editor of business and markets.…

20 hours ago

Business Insider hires Ortega as director of newsroom operations

Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: I'm thrilled…

21 hours ago

Rest of World promotes Chandran to deputy editor

Rest of World editor in chief Anup Kaphle sent out the following on Monday: We are excited…

21 hours ago