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Houston Biz Journal names new health care/tech reporter

Joe Martin has been hired as the new health care and technology reporter at the Houston Business Journal.

Candace Beeke, editor of the paper, writes, “Martin comes from Phoenix, where he worked at the Phoenix Business Journal, an affiliated publication. He is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and served as editor in chief of the Downtown Devil publication.

“‘We’re excited to welcome Joe to our city and our newsroom,’ Editor in Chief B. Candace Beeke said. ‘Houston’s health care and tech sectors are booming, and there’s a lot of news for him to break there.’

“‘I’m excited to join the staff at the Houston Business Journal. This city is full of vibrance, culture and an expansive business climate,’ Martin said.”

Read more here.

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.

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