Milwaukee Biz Journal hires Lasso to cover real estate

Juan Lasso

Juan Lasso has joined the Milwaukee Business Journal to cover growth and development in the southern portion of its coverage area.

Lasso previously served as editor and lead reporter of the Valley Stream Herald in New York, covering local government, transportation and economic development.

His stories have appeared in various New York City publications, from The City to the Queens Daily Eagle.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

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.