Mike Christen has joined the Austin Business Journal as a reporter covering economic development.
He will focus on issues such as business recruitment, job creation and housing affordability. His beat will also include reporting on private sector interactions with City Hall.
Christen joins from The Daily Herald of Columbia, Tenn., where he was a multimedia editor covering breaking news, education, local government, business and more. Before that, he served as a multimedia journalist at the paper.
Abby Mellott, ABJ market president and publisher, said:
“We are thrilled to have Mike join Austin Business Journal. His reporting and multimedia skills make him a great addition to our newsroom, and I look forward to reading his coverage of important issues affecting our economy.”
Christen graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore.
Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…
Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…
Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…
The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…
CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…
Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…