How the St. Louis Business Journal got its start
Erik Siemers, the editor of the St. Louis Business Journal, writes about the paper’s founding on its 40th anniversary. Siemers writes, “Even for all that effort, the expectations, at least from Vittert’s perspective, were minimal. All he wanted was to produce something he’d like to read, and hoped a few of his friends might join […]
Davis hands over Wisconsin Inno to Williams
Katherine Davis is handing over responsibilities for Wisconsin Inno to Nick WIlliams to focus on Chicago Inno. Williams is a reporter covering residential real estate, transportation and technology for the Milwaukee Business Journal. He joined the paper in 2018 from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Davis and her editor Jim Dallke and will be running […]
Louisville Biz First publisher Benson talks her career, job
Lisa Benson, the publisher of Louisville Business First, spoke with Leadership Louisville podcast host Aaron Miller. Benson started her career in Cincinnati with the Business Courier, which is also owned by American City Business Journals, where she rose to digital editor and then managing editor. At the end of 2015, she was named editor of Business […]
Nashville Biz Journal seeks a commercial real estate reporter
Nashville Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover commercial real estate. The real estate beat is the essence of business journal reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks to dig out deals before the competition and reporting both the dollar value and the broader impact of new projects […]
Cincinnati Biz Courier hired Engel to cover health care and tech
Liz Engel has been hired by the Cincinnati Business Courier to cover health care and technology. She’ll also be in charge of CincyInno, which focuses on the city’s startup economy. Engel is a Cincinnati native who has spent the past 15 years covering healthcare, restaurants, startups and innovation. Her work has appeared at Forbes, WCPO […]
ACBJ to launch higher education newsletter
American City Business Journals, which operates business news operations in 45 markets around the country, is starting an email newsletter focused on the business of higher education. The newsletter will be written by Hilary Burns and will be part of ACBJ’s National Observer, which launched in April as a daily newsletter. It will start on […]
Phoenix Biz Journal names Edgemon its managing editor
The Phoenix Business Journal has named Erin Edgemon its managing editor. A story on its website states, “Edgemon, who joined the publication on Sept. 14 after relocating to the Phoenix area, is a veteran journalist who was most recently the real estate reporter with the Austin Business Journal, covering commercial and residential development. “She has held several […]
Austin Biz Journal hires Hardison to cover economic development
Kathryn Hardison has been hired by the Austin Business Journal to cover economic development. A story on its website states, “Hardison will be firmly planted at the intersection of the public and private sectors — covering local city halls, economic development corporations and longstanding storylines such as Austin’s mammoth attempt to overhaul zoning citywide. She will report […]
ACBJ creating national design desks, laying off designers
American City Business Journals, which operates 40 print business newspapers around the country, is creating four desks to design its papers, a move that will result in eight layoffs. The four teams will each have a creative director, three senior designers and three designers. Each regional design team will be responsible for the design of […]
Louisville Biz First publisher on why it’s covering diversity
Louisville Business First publisher Lisa Benson writes about why the publication is focusing on covering diversity issues. Benson writes, “For this person to take the time to call us out for writing about black and female inclusion MBA programs and our commercial real estate industry and peg that as ‘leftist’ is so ugly and ridiculous that I […]
