Categories: OLD Media Moves

Sacramento Biz Journal hires real estate reporter

Ben van der Meer has been hired by the Sacramento Business Journal to cover real estate.

Editor Jack Robinson writes, “Ben most recently was a staff writer at the Appeal-Democrat in Marysville. He also has worked as a business reporter at the Modesto Bee and for an ambitious but ill-fated Sacramento political news website called PolitickerCA.com.

“He replaces Sanford Nax, who left in January to join the California Environmental Protection Agency.

“We’ve recently reconfigured some beats here at the Business Journal, so Ben’s portfolio is a bit different from Sandy’s. In addition to real estate and construction, he’ll watch over transportation and agriculture. Ben also will take the lead in covering local and regional planning matters.

“In the coming weeks, Ben will be reaching out to key industry leaders, but I’d encourage anyone who’d like to get in touch to contact him directly.”

Read more here.

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.

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