Milwaukee Biz Journal hires Williams as new real estate reporter

Nick Williams

Nick Williams started Monday as the Milwaukee Business Journal’s new residential real estate, transportation and technology reporter.

A story on its website states, “Nick joins the Milwaukee Business Journal after spending the last 15 months as a reporter for our sister publication Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. He joined American City Business Journals after working for several newspapers in Florida, including the Tampa Bay Tribune. He is a 2004 Marquette University graduate.

“‘We are thrilled to be able to add a reporter of Nick’s caliber to our strong and experienced staff and increase the number of reporters we have providing valuable business information to our readers,’ said Mark Kass, Milwaukee Business Journal editor-in-chief. ‘We continue to see growth as a newspaper and Nick will help us continue to be the leading source of business news in southeastern Wisconsin.’

“He spent the last few months helping the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal cover Super Bowl LII.”

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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.