San Fernando Valley Biz Journal hires Tangalakis-Lippert

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert

The San Fernando Valley Business Journal has hired Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert as a reporter covering retail, nonprofits and hospitality.

She has been a freelance journalist since January 2020 writing, reporting and editing features, investigative pieces and personal essays for criminal justice and human interest outlets including WitnessLA, Wear Your Voice and HelloGiggles, among others.

Tangalakis-Lipper holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California, where she was an investigative reporter for Annenberg Media and Beacon Project.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from California Lutheran 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.