Nashville Biz Journal hires new reporter

Nashville Business Journal editor Lance Williams sent out the following announcement to the staff:

I’m happy to announce that we have hired Jamie McGee as our newest reporter.
Jamie, a Nashville native, will primarily cover the tourism and hospitality beat, which also includes music and entertainment, sports business and restaurants. She will also cover the technology industry.
Jamie’s most recent journalism experience was at Bloomberg, where she covered the insurance industry during the depths of the financial crisis. During her last year at Bloomberg, she was largely responsible for coverage of Berkshire Hathaway, which is the company owned by famed investor Warren Buffett.
Prior to that, Jamie was a reporter with The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., where she covered local government issues.
Jamie received her bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of North Carolina, and her Master’s degree from Columbia University.

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.