Real estate and financial journalist Mark Mueller has joined the Orange County Business Journal.
Mueller is covering commercial and residential real estate for the Business Journal. His beat also includes title insurers and mortgage lenders, as well as some government stories that relate to real estate.
He replaces Mathew Padilla, who recently left to join the Orange County Register.
For the past year, Mueller has covered real estate for newsletter publisher Critten-den Research in San Juan Capistrano.
Mueller wrote for Crittenden’s Real Es-tate Developers pub-
lication, which focuses on national trends in retail, office, industrial and condominium development.
Prior to Crittenden, Mueller worked in Washington, D.C.
For nearly seven years, he did in-depth coverage of a wide variety of industries.
At Argus Media Ltd., he covered the transportation and energy markets for the publisher’s weekly and daily publications.
At Phillips Business Information, Mueller reported on the Internet, banking and telecommunications for the company’s print and online publications.
Mueller honed his financial reporting skills during a three-year stint at the Washington bureau of Dow Jones, where he reported on initial public offerings during the glory years of the dot-com era.
He also covered financial reports of distressed companies.
A native of Columbia, Md., Mueller is a graduate of basketball “powerhouse” Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.
When Mueller isn’t learning how to surf at the beach near his home in San Clemente, he enjoys playing soccer and golf and reading the occasional book.
Mueller also ran and finished the New York City Marathon, as well as the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., twice.
