ACBJ hires Denison as SEO editor

American City Business Journals, which operates 44 business newspapers across the country, has hired Mike Denison as search engine optimization editor. Denison has been the audience engagement editor at Science News. Before joining the staff in 2017, he was a social media producer at The Palm Beach Post. A native of the Philadelphia suburbs, he graduated from the University […]

Dallas Biz Journal promotes Hethcock to assistant ME

The Dallas Business Journal has promoted Bill Hethcock to assistant managing editor. He previously was a senior reporter and covered economic development and workforce topics as well as residential real estate and relocation. Hethcock has been at the paper for more than 16 years. He previously worked at the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Valley Morning Star […]

Sacramento Biz Journal seeks a data reporter

The Sacramento Business Journal is looking for a driven and innovative Data Reporter to build on the newsroom’s strong legacy of using data to drive essential, exclusive business coverage. The data Reporter is able to gather and analyze original data on the industries, companies and trends driving business decisions in the metro Sacramento region, and […]

The importance of a business journal subscription

Alex Orfinger, publisher of the Washington Business Journal, writes about why such a publication is important. Orfinger writes, “They don’t advertise, they don’t sponsor events, they don’t support their people when they are honored at our editorial awards. The local office pays for just two subscriptions — an outlier for an organization of its size. […]

Memphis Biz Journal reporter Klyce departs

John Klyce has joined The Commercial Appeal as an education and children’s reporter from his recent post of reporter at the Memphis Business Journal, where he also interned. Klyce was a member of the 2022 Spring class of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars’ Higher Education Media Fellowship. He freelanced for The Daily Memphian and […]

Memphis Biz Journal seeks a reporter

The reporters for ACBJ will join our newsroom and cover markets for one of the hottest economies in the country. Our reporters must be competitive, nimble and driven to break news about the most important industries, companies and people in the region. They are expected to provide forward-looking business intelligence to savvy readers who will […]

Baltimore Biz Journal hires Ilardi as digital producer

The Baltimore Business Journal has hired Joseph M. Ilardi as a digital news producer. He previously was an operations analyst with the Data Foundation in Washington. He also worked as a policy intern with the Maryland General Assembly and as a production intern with NBC Sports in Washington. Ilardi holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of […]

Stych named editor of ACBJ’s Bizwomen

Anne Stych has been named editor of Bizwomen.com, a website operated by American City Business Journals. She has been a staff writer for the website for the past four years. Stych has been a freelance writer, content manager, copy editor and proofreader. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in English.  

Duggan hired by Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal

J.D. Duggan joined the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal last week to cover manufacturing, technology, startups and health care. He most recently worked at Finance & Commerce covering economic development, which was a wide-ranging beat that included housing, real estate transactions and some local housing-related political coverage. Duggan worked for some now-defunct media startups and interned for […]

Triangle Biz Journal hires Tobin to cover real estate

The Triangle Business Journal has hired Ben Tobin to cover commercial real estate and economic development. He has been covering Wal-Mart and other large retailers for Business Insider. “I’ve deeply missed local news. I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and work with such a talented team,” wrote Tobin on Twitter. Tobin has been a business […]