Boston Biz Journal hires Solis as digital editor

The Boston Business Journal has hired Steph Solis as its digital editor. She is currently a statehouse and immigration reporter for MassLive.com based in Boston. “I’m so excited to work with such an impressive group of reporters and editors, but that means moving away from daily State House coverage,” she wrote on Twitter. Solis previously was an […]

Houston Biz Journal hires Mehrtens to cover restaurants, retail

Savannah Mehrtens, a staff writer at The Houston Chronicle, is leaving to join the Houston Business Journal, covering restaurants and retail for the Houston area. Mehrtens was previously an editorial intern at Monterey County Weekly and was also a photographer and writer at Texas A&M Student Media – The Aggieland Yearbook. She was also a […]

Crain’s Chicago hires Davis to cover tech and startups

Crain’s Chicago has hired reporter Katherine Davis to cover technology and startups. She will start later this month. Davis has been covering the same beat for Chicago Inn and the Chicago Business Journal for the past four years. “Chicago’s tech and startup industry is fascinating and a beat I’ve really come to love, and I can’t wait […]

Chicago Business Journal seeks a real estate reporter

The Chicago Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover commercial real estate. The commercial real estate beat is the essence of high-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks, to uncover deals before anyone else and report both the dollar value and the broad impact of new projects, […]

Columbus Biz First hires Milnes to cover commercial real estate

Owen Milnes has joined Columbus Business First, covering commercial real estate in Franklin County. Previously, he was a teaching assistant at The Ohio State University. He was also campus producer at The Lantern. In this role, he managed all video and some written content for the Campus News desk of Ohio State’s independent student news […]

Birmingham Biz Journal seeks a real estate reporter

The Birmingham Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover commercial real estate and economic development. The commercial real estate/eco devo beat is the essence of high-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks, to uncover deals before anyone else and report both the dollar value and the broad […]

Triangle Biz Journal hires Hoopfer to cover real estate

The Triangle Business Journal has hired Evan Hoopfer to cover commercial real estate and economic development. He will cover real estate, economic development, and other business news within the counties of Lee, Moore, Johnston, Chatham, Franklin, Nash, Harnett and Granville — areas that are experiencing significant success. Hoopfer was previously at the Dallas Business Journal, a sister […]

Godwin becomes Jacksonville Biz Journal real estate reporter

Brent Godwin has become real estate reporter at the Jacksonville Business Journal. He started last week and will be covering commercial real estate and residential real estate throughout metro Jacksonville. Godwin spent the better part of a decade at the Birmingham Business Journal. He started there as the summer intern, then was research director, later promoted […]

Silicon Valley Biz Journal seeks workplace reporter

Silicon Valley Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover the region’s biggest employers through the Business Journal lens. Rather than focus on new product announcements, stock moves or national events, this reporter will drill deep into two main coverage areas: The workforce topics and issues on which these employers are leading the […]

San Fran Biz Times reporter Rinker is leaving to freelance

Brian Rinker, who covers technology, startups and innovation for the San Francisco Business Times, is leaving the newsroom. His last day will be July 16. Rinker plans to freelance. He has been at the Business Times since November 2019.  Before joining SFBT, he  was a freelance health reporter for Health Affairs and Kaiser Health News […]