Crain’s New York hires Sachmechi to cover commercial real estate

Natalie Sachmechi

Crain’s New York Business has hired Natalie Sachmechi to cover the commercial real estate beat.

She will start on May 4.

Sachmechi graduated from NYU’s business journalism master’s program in December. She has been at Forbes since June last year, first as a leadership reporter, then a billionaires reporter and am now an assistant editor on the Money team.

She also interned at CBS News.

As an NYU undergraduate, she conducted research on the implications of religion in Iran’s economy, for which she received a grant in 2017. Her academic and professional interests lie in political economy and emerging markets, as well as assisting the general population in understanding economic news.

During her studies, she has worked in the non-profit sector as an intern at the Legal Aid Society, and then as a brand strategist for a political consulting firm, Citizen HQ.

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.