Memphis Biz Journal hires Airy as data reporter

Aishwarya Airy

The Memphis Business Journal has hired Aishwarya Airy as its new data reporter.

A story on its website states, “Among other things, she is taking over MBJ’s research department, including oversight of the surveys and production of the weekly Lists and annual Book of Lists publication. Research was formerly headed up by Jason Bolton, who was promoted to managing editor of the publication in June 2021.

“Airy moved this month to Memphis from Washington, D.C., where she had been a post-graduate reporting fellow for the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. She came to the U.S. in 2019 for her master’s in journalism from Northwestern University.

“Previous experiences in journalism include roles with Voice of America, ‘Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren,’ Medill News Service, The Times of India, and CNN-News18.

Airy said she is ‘passionate about two things: News and (Indian) cinema.'”

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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.