LA Biz Journal hires two new reporters

The Los Angeles Business Journal has hired two new reporters for its staff, according to an email from managing editor Jonathan Diamond.

Kay Chinn, a recent graduate of master’s program at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism, will be covering trade and manufacturing.

Subrina Hudson, also a recent Annenberg master’s graduate, will be covering the local advertising and public relations industries.

Hudson fills a long-vacant spot, and Chinn replaces Ryan Faughnder, who held the same beat.

The Los Angeles Business Journal has an editorial staff of 12 people. It is part of a company that also owns the San Diego Business Journal, the Orange County Business Journal and the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.

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.