Looking forward to expensing a pint of beer

Mark Kass, the editor of the Milwaukee Business Journal, interviewed new manufacturing reporter Olivia Barrow, who joins the paper after working at the Dayton Business Journal, which is also an American City Business Journals newspaper.

Here is an excerpt:

Q: Tell us about your newspaper background.

A: “I started my career in Dayton at the Dayton Business Journal, covering commercial real estate and downtown. Documenting the dynamic changes I witnessed around downtown during my stint there nurtured my passion for studying urban trends and getting involved in cities on the rise. Having unparalleled access to the region’s leaders and major players helped me hone my reporting skills as I built a network of trusted sources who kept me informed about projects, and counted on me for the latest details and analysis.”

Q: What are you looking forward to the most about covering the manufacturing beat?

A: “Covering manufacturing will be a whole new challenge for me, and with companies like Harley-Davidson and MillerCoors on the beat, I’m sure it will be a wild ride. I’m most excited about the prospect of writing stories that have a national appeal thanks to the tremendous name recognition and reputation of those companies and Milwaukee’s other top manufacturers. I’m also crossing my fingers I’ll get to ride a motorcycle for the first time and also expense at least one pint of beer.”

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