South Florida Biz Journal hires Elshahawy as data reporter

The South Florida Business Journal has hired Eman Elshahawy as its new data reporter, reports associate editor Eileen Cukier.

Cukier reports, “Elshahawy, a native of Fort Myers, will oversee planning, surveying and analyzing information for the Business Journal’s popular weekly lists, as well as write stories based on data from the lists and other research.

“‘I’m so pleased about joining this award-winning team,’ Elshahawy said. ‘I love working with data, and can’t wait to work on our lists and use that data to show how the companies we cover impact the business community.’

“A Miami resident, Elshahawy is a graduate of University of Florida’s journalism and communications program.”

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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.