South Florida Biz Journal hires Larsen as new money reporter

Keith Larsen

Keith Larsen has joined the South Florida Business Journal as the Money reporter, reports Brian Bandell of the paper.

Bandell writes, “His beat includes banking, wealth and finance, investments, fraud, private equity firms, economic development and insurance.

“‘I’m excited to come to South Florida to break some of the biggest stories in banking and finance,’ Larsen said. ‘I look forward to covering an international market with such a vibrant business community.'”

“Larsen recently earned his master’s in mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he majored in in finance and minored in journalism.”

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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.