Orlando Biz Journal hires economic development reporter

Ryan Lynch

Ryan Lynch has been hired by the Orlando Business Journal as its economic development reporter.

Susan Lundine of the Business Journal writes, “He recently earned his bachelor’s in multimedia communications with minors in business law and psychology from Florida Atlantic University. His previous journalism experience includes working as a freelance writer for South Florida Gay News. He replaces Veronica Brezina, who now is a staff writer with sister publication Tampa Bay Business Journal.”

Lynch also wrote personal finance for Debt.com.

Brezina had been with the Orlando paper since December 2016. She is a graduate of the University of Central Florida.

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.