Milwaukee Biz Journal hires new retail reporter

Melanie Lawder has been hired to cover retail, restaurants and banking for the Milwaukee Business Journal.

Editor Mark Kass writes, “Lawder, who started today, is returning to the paper, as she was an intern for the Business Journal in 2013. She spent the last two years working at daily newspapers in central Wisconsin and is a proud alumna of Marquette University. Her uncle, David Lawder, also worked at the Milwaukee Business Journal as a real estate reporter in the 1980s.

“I am excited to have Lawder back at our paper. She was a very good intern and you could tell she was going to excel in the journalism business. She will bring enthusiasm and an intense desire to tell stories that are important to our readers.

Q: What is your newspaper background?’I have spent the past 22 months working at two daily newspapers in central Wisconsin. From June 2014 to February 2015, I was the business and education reporter at the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, where I covered the city’s paper and health care industries among other topics. Most recently, from March 2015 to this February, I have acted as the going out reporter at the Wausau Daily Herald, where I covered the area’s retail, restaurant and entertainment scenes. I am also an alumna of Marquette University and its student newspaper, The Marquette Tribune.'”

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