Worcester Biz Journal postpones 40 under 40 after assault

The Worcester Business Journal postponed its “40 under 40” event after an incident at a photoshoot, reports editor in chief Brad Kane. Kane writes, “That summer day when we held this year’s photo shoot had been particularly hot and rainy, so when I saw the ambulance pull into the parking lot at the end of the night, […]

Phoenix Biz Journal hires Thompson as ME

The Phoenix Business Journal has named Paul Thompson as its new managing editor. Editor in chief Greg Barr writes, “Thompson will lead the day-to-day operations of the award-winning Valley business publication’s editorial department, guiding reporters and working with other editors to maintain the Business Journal’s reputation as Arizona’s leading source for insightful business news and analysis aimed […]

Still departs Greater Wilmington Biz Journal for The Assembly

Greater Wilmington Business Journal reporter Johanna Still has left to become the Wilmington editor for The Assembly, a North Carolina news site. She has been covering economic development and industry, among other topics. She previously worked at Port City Daily, Cape Fear Region’s online only news site. There, she served as an assistant editor. Still spent four […]

Quad Cities Biz Journal acquires awards event

The Quad Cities Regional Business Journal has acquired the rights to the Athena Awards in the Quad Cities from Women Lead Change. A story on its website states, “The QCBJ’s sister publication, the Corridor Business Journal, has been hosting a similar women’s awards event in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor region for the past 19 years. […]

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 […]

Greater Wilmington Biz Journal hires Dill as a reporter

The Greater Wilmington Business Journal has hired Emma Dill as its newest reporter. A story on its website states, “Dill previously worked as a reporter for the Wilmington StarNews for more than two years. There, she covered local government and development across Wilmington and New Hanover County for the daily newspaper. “She received several awards […]

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 […]