Phoenix Biz Journal hires small biz reporter

Tim Gallen has been hired at the Phoenix Business Journal to cover small business.

Cale Ottens writes, “Gallen, 29, most recently was a communications coordinator for the Recreation Centers of Sun City Inc. and has experience covering economic development and new business, particularly in the West Valley.

“As a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University in Washington, Gallen earned his degree in communications with an emphasis in print journalism. He said he chose a career in journalism because he loves telling stories, as he also is working on a novel.

“Gallen said he’s excited to become more involved in the lively business community across the entire metro area.

“‘I look forward most to getting to meet a good crop of people who are passionate about what they’re doing,’ he said. ‘It takes a certain person with focus and energy to run a business.'”

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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.