Philly Biz Journal hires Ravina to cover tech and innovation

Rachel Ravina

The Philadelphia Business Journal has hired Rachel Ravina to cover technology, innovation and higher education.

She will start next week.

Ravina has been a reporter covering government beats for MediaNews Group, including The Reporter, The Times Herald and other outlets in the greater Philadelphia region.

She previously worked as a reporter for Bayside Gazette and Ocean City Today in Maryland.

Ravina was also a digital content producer for the CBS affiliate WINK in Fort Myers, Florida.

She is a graduate of Penn State University.

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.