NY Biz Journal hires Jones as a reporter

The New York Business Journal has hired Sasha Jones as a reporter covering economic development.

Editor Ed Stych writes, “Prior to joining the New York Business Journal, Jones was a reporter for the The Real Deal, where she covered retail and residential real estate in NYC.

“‘Sasha has a reputation in the city as a strong, innovative journalist of high integrity. I’m excited to add her to an already-strong New York newsroom,’ said Ed Stych, editor of the New York Business Journal. ‘She will be telling stories that readers can’t get elsewhere.’

“She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she participated in the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. Her undergraduate degree is from American University, where she majored in journalism with a minor in Law and Society.”

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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.