Categories: OLD Media Moves

Houston Biz Journal names new real estate reporter

Jenny Aldridge has joined the Houston Business Journal and will take over coverage of the real estate and construction sectors.

Managing editor Giselle Greenwood writes, “Aldridge previously served as managing editor of Total Landscape Care magazine, a national business magazine based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., geared toward the landscaping industry. She also was an adjunct instructor of journalism at the University of Alabama.

“Her previous stints include senior writer/editor for the national headquarters of the American Red Cross and reporter at a South Carolina paper, Coastal Observer.

“‘We are excited about Jenny’s level of reporting and editing experience and look forward to continuing HBJ’s record of award-winning journalism,’ said Candace Beeke, HBJ editor-in-chief.”

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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.