Milwaukee Business Journal reporter Sean Ryan is leaving the publication to become the communications director for the city of Racine.

Ryan has been covering real estate and construction for the publication since 2010.

He joined the Business Journal after eight years covering construction and real estate for The Daily Reporter, a Milwaukee construction newspaper. Rayn has won numerous awards for stories from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and the Milwaukee Press Club and was also chosen as one of the Milwaukee Magazine’s next generation of leaders in 2009.

Ryan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.