Denver Biz Journal publisher Pitts is retiring

Denver Business Journal publisher Kevin Pitts announced his retirement Tuesday. Business Journal editor in chief Kourtney Geers writes, “He has held the role in the Mile High City since October 2018, when he relocated from North Carolina. Pitts previously served as publisher and market president of the Charlotte Business Journal starting in 2008. Both media companies are part of […]

Houston Biz Journal hires Nair as tech and innovation reporter

The Houston Business Journal has hired Jishnu Nair as its technology and innovation reporter. He will start next week. Nair has been a reporter for Community Impact covering North Houston since July 20201. He previously was a digital content producer for WHP-TV. He holds a degree in newspaper and online journalism from Syracuse University. While there, he […]

WSJ hires Reiser as deputy breaking news editor

The Wall Street Journal has hired Emon Reiser as deputy breaking news editor. She previously had been managing editor of the South Florida Business Journal. Her responsibilities included supervising and editing reporters, and the dissemination of crucial business news across various publishing platforms, including online, mobile, email, print and social media. Reiser was previously the digital editor […]

Baltimore Biz Journal seeks a hospitality and tourism reporter

The Baltimore Business Journal is looking for a hospitality and tourism reporter to join our newsroom and cover some of the region’s most important — and dynamic — industries. Greater Baltimore’s emerging restaurant scene continues to gain traction on a national scale. Tourism, hit hard during the pandemic, is poised to come back with major […]

Louisville Biz First hires Schmidt to cover tech, bourbon and finance

Louisville Business First has hired Stephen Schmidt to cover the technology, bourbon and finance/banking beats. Schmidt has been a freelance writer in Louisville for the past two years. He previously was a writer for St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. He also worked as a science writer at the University of Missouri, a multimedia specialist at […]

Pacific Business News seeks a retail and restaurants reporter

The Pacific Business News seeks a reporter to cover Hawaii’s restaurant, retail and agriculture news for its audience of business owners and executives. We consider our ag coverage to be part of our Inno beat, as sustainable local ag is a Hawaii priority, requiring technological and policy innovations to succeed. In retail and restaurants, you’ll […]

South Florida Biz Journal seeks a managing editor

The South Florida Business Journal, the award-winning business news leader, is looking for a Managing Editor. The ME, in one of the hottest markets in the country, is the newsroom’s chief operating officer, overseeing the orderly flow of content across multiple platforms: online, mobile, email, print and social media. As the newsroom’s most hands-on manager […]

ACBJ seeks senior director of editorial operations

The Senior Director of Editorial Operations (DEO) oversees the corporate support operations of The Business Journals content teams. This oversight includes supporting local newsrooms to ensure the content they’re creating meets the content strategy and goals as set by the Senior Director of Content Strategy (DCS) and senior management. The DEO’s primary goal is to […]

American City Business Journals seeks a senior director for content strategy

American City Business Journals is looking for a Senior Director of Content Strategy. The DCS works with relevant stakeholders to craft, evolve and articulate the content strategy for The Business Journals. In addition to overseeing strategy, the DCS will assist the corporate support operations of The Business Journals’ content teams when/where necessary. This assistance includes […]

McCafferty returned to ed beat for Crain’s Cleveland Business

Rachel Abbey McCafferty has returned to covering education for Crain’s Cleveland Business. She also covers manufacturing. McCafferty, an assistant editor, joined the publication as a manufacturing reporter in March 2013. Before that, she was a local editor for Patch in Northeast Ohio and a reporter for Catalyst Ohio, a Cleveland education magazine. She received her bachelor’s […]