Houston Business Journal publisher to retire

John Beddow, publisher of the Houston Business Journal, has announced his retirement. Giselle Greenwood, the managing editor of the American City Business Journals paper, writes, “Beddow joined American City Business Journals, the parent company of HBJ, in 1983 and has served as publisher of three of the chain’s papers: the Pittsburgh Business Times, the Tampa […]

Birmingham Biz Journal hires new commercial real estate reporter

Brent Godwin, who previously worked for the Birmingham Business Journal, has returned to the paper as its commercial real estate reporter. He started on Tuesday. This is Godwin’s second stint at the American City Business Journals newspaper. He was an editorial intern there in the summer of 2011,  and then was research director from 2011 to 2013. […]

When a journalist turned to business news

J. Jennings Moss, the editor of the Upstart Business Journal, writes about quitting his job as managing editor of FoxNews.com to be with his dying father a decade ago and why he decided to become a business journalist. Moss writes, “From the beginning of my journalism career, my dad tried to get me to a […]

Albuquerque Business First seeks reporter

Albuquerque Business First is looking for an ambitious and social-media savvy reporter who will thrive in our breaking news culture. That person will join an award-winning staff that’s constantly experimenting with new ways to engage readers. He or she will cover our Bizventures beat, encompassing startups, innovation, economic development and more. This is an opportunity […]

Washington Business Journal seeks tech reporter

The Washington Business Journal, an American City Business Journals newspaper, is looking for a technology reporter. Here’s five reasons why you should apply: 1. It’s one of the coolest local business beats in Washington, D.C. You cover it all: the big, the not-so-big and the wannabe big! 2. The Washington Business Journal is growing! Our […]

BostInno hires tech startups reporter

Dylan Martin, a Maine-based journalist working as the online editor for Mainebiz, has been hired to cover tech startups for BostInno, an online tech news site based in Boston. He will start in two weeks. BostInno is owned by American City Business Journals. Martin has worked at Mainebiz since April 2014. Martin previously worked for The Forecaster newspapers, […]

Washington Biz Journal hires new federal contracting reporter

James Bach has been hired as the federal contracting reporter at the Washington Business Journal, replacing Jill Aitoro. Bach writes, “I’m a proud alumnus of the University of Maryland student newspaper, the Diamondback, where for three years I covered state and national politics, as well as local business and the economy. Over the past year […]

Looking forward to expensing a pint of beer

Mark Kass, the editor of the Milwaukee Business Journal, interviewed new manufacturing reporter Olivia Barrow, who joins the paper after working at the Dayton Business Journal, which is also an American City Business Journals newspaper. Here is an excerpt: Q: Tell us about your newspaper background. A: “I started my career in Dayton at the […]

“Stat Man” retiring from Minneapolis-St. Paul Biz Journal

After 28 years of working for the paper, research editor Tom Smith is retiring from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal on Nov. 30. Jim Hammerand of the paper writes, “Smith, 68, started his journalism career freelancing for the Twin Cities Reader before joining Business Journal predecessor Corporate Report in 1987. There, he edited and grew […]

Minneapolis-St. Paul Biz Journal seeks data reporter

The primary mission of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal’s data reporter is to dig deep into available business data to find, report/investigate and write compelling and important local business news and stories while also compiling many of the publication’s highest-profile and consistently award-winning investigative research projects and Lists. That includes researching and analyzing public-company performance, […]