Milwaukee Biz Journal reporter Ryan departing

Sean Ryan

Milwaukee Business Journal reporter Sean Ryan is leaving the publication to become the communications director for the city of Racine.

Ryan has been covering real estate and construction for the publication since 2010.

He joined the Business Journal after eight years covering construction and real estate for The Daily Reporter, a Milwaukee construction newspaper. Rayn has won numerous awards for stories from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Milwaukee Press Club and was also chosen as one of the Milwaukee Magazine’s next generation of leaders in 2009.

Ryan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

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.