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Washington Biz Journal hires new federal contracting reporter

James Bach has been hired as the federal contracting reporter at the Washington Business Journal, replacing Jill Aitoro.

Bach writes, “I’m a proud alumnus of the University of Maryland student newspaper, the Diamondback, where for three years I covered state and national politics, as well as local business and the economy. Over the past year I was a financial news writer, covering a wide range of topics that included enterprise technology, defense, commodities, banking and the eurozone crisis.

“Now I have the luxury of inheriting a reputable brand my predecessor masterfully built up and narrowing my focus. And I embrace the challenging task of both preserving that image and making the beat my own.

“I know the federal contracting community comes to expect a lot from this paper. I’m thrilled at the opportunity to now be among this community and I invite everybody who is a part of the conversation to get in touch with me.”

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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