Houston Biz Journal hires Gillespie to cover restaurants and retail

Laura Gillespie

The Houston Business Journal has hired Laura Gillespie to cover restaurants and retail stories.

Gillespie has been a freelance writer since August 2015, writing for several publications both around Houston and internationally, such as Houstonia Magazine.

She previously interned for the Houston Chronicle and for Houstonia.

Gillespite is a 2018 graduate of the University of Houston. While in school, she worked at the Daily Cougar as a staff writer, assistant news editor and news editor.

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.