Fruehling: Leaving Washington Biz Journal was a tough decision
Doug Fruehling, the new editor of the San Francisco Business Times, writes about his decision to leave the Washington Business Journal. Fruehling writes, “So when my company, American City Business Journals, floated the idea of moving to the Bay Area to be editor of the San Francisco Business Times, I was intrigued. Despite my Midwest and […]
Louisville Business First seeks a digital editor
Louisville Business First is looking for a Digital Editor. The Digital Editor owns and manages LBF’s digital content across all platforms, including web, email and social media. The ideal candidate will thrive in newsroom that values scoops and exclusives above all else, and knows its audience and market exceptionally well. The primary goal of the […]
Washington Biz Journal seeks a managing editor
The Washington Business Journal is looking for a Managing Editor to serve as the newsroom’s chief operating officer. While the ME oversees and ensures the smooth flow of content from conception to publishing on all platforms, the ideal candidate is particularly adept at and has a particular passion for digital excellence. As the newsroom’s most […]
Louisville Courier-Journal hires Ghabour to cover restaurants
The Louisville Courier-Journal has hired Dahlia Ghabour to cover the restaurant beat. She is currently covering retail and restaurants at the Jacksonville Business Journal, where she has worked since May 2017. She also covered tourism and breweries. Her last day in Jacksonville is July 24. She starts her Louisville job on Aug. 5. Ghabour previously worked as […]
Jacksonville Biz Journal seeks retail/hospitality reporter
The Jacksonville Business Journal is looking for a reporter who can help us dig out the important stories behind some of the most interesting industries on Florida’s First Coast. Among other things, the beat includes covering the area’s growing brewing and distilling industries, a zoo and museums with big expansion plans, a burgeoning restaurant scene […]
Silicon Valley Biz Journal hires Levitsky to cover big tech
Allison Levitsky has been hired by the Silicon Valley Business Journal to cover big technology companies. Editor J. Jennings Moss writes, “She joins SVBJ after a nearly two-year run at the Palo Alto Daily Post, where she covered local politics, crime, courts, education and breaking news in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and Stanford. Previously, she spent […]
Sinha named editor of Washington Business Journal
Vandana Sinha, who joined the Washington Business Journal newsroom in 2006 as a reporter, has been named its editor. Michael Neibauer of the Business Journal writes, “Sinha, 42, takes over for Doug Fruehling, who was recently named editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Business Times, a sister paper of the WBJ. Both papers are owned by parent company American […]
Westergaard, former Denver Biz Journal editor, dies at 67
Neil Westergaard, who served for 18 of those years as the editor of Denver Business Journal as the paper transitioned from a print-focused to digitally focused product, has died at the age of 67. Ed Sealover of the Business Journal writes, “Westergaard, who had received the Colorado Press Association Newspaper Person of the Year just this […]
ACBJ’s Howard named to NABJ Hall of Fame
American City Business Journals’ Garry Howard has been named to the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. In the early 1980s, Howard began his journalism career at the Trenton Times as a sports reporter but, with several promotions, would move quickly into the sports news leadership ranks becoming executive sports editor at the Milwaukee Journal […]
How Doug Fruehling made the Washington Biz Journal great
Vandana Sinha, the managing editor of the Washington Business Journal, writes about departing editor in chief Doug Fruehling, who is leaving to become editor in chief of the San Francisco Business Journal. Sinha writes, “He’s as tough as he is kind. He’s as bitingly sarcastic as he is quietly vulnerable. He’s as reactive as he is measured. […]
