Real estate news: From an historic home to a new downtown tower

Gordon Rago

Lisa Vernon Sparks of The Charlotte Observer interviewed Gordon Rago, its growth and development reporter, about his job.

Here is an excerpt:

What excites you about this field?
I enjoy meeting new people, learning about new communities and tackling complex issues.
What is the most interesting aspect of your beat/job?
That beat can mean a lot of things and I enjoy that I can mix up my coverage from writing about the moving of an historic home in Cornelius to a new tower going up in South End.
Words of wisdom you’ve received?
Be fluid and flexible. Put in the work. Find the universal in the particular.

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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.