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 […]

Idaho Biz Review hires Stevens as managing editor

Alx Stevens has been hired as the managing editor of Idaho Business Review. A story on its website states, “She enters the position after freelance writing news articles and special publication pieces for Idaho Business Review during the past two years. Some of her coverage includes startup ventures, education and research matters, small and large […]

Indianapolis Biz Journal seeks a retail/restaurants reporter

Indianapolis Business Journal is looking for an aggressive reporter who can take on our best-read beat: retail and restaurants. We’re looking for a reporter who can write quick-hit but thorough breaking stories, develop strong sources to scoop our competition on the latest retail and restaurant news and write longer trend stories about the sector. This reporter […]

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 […]

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 […]