Bregar, journalist at Crain’s Plastics News, dies at 58

Bill Bregar, who spent 31 years reporting on the plastics industry, died April 5 of an apparent heart attack at age 58. A story in Plastics News states, “Bregar was a plastics industry star, known for his extensive industry knowledge and long list of sources and friends. “He joined Plastics News as a staff reporter […]

Automotive News Europe editor has been quarantined

Jason Stein, the publisher of Automotive News, writes that its editor in Europe has been quarantined after covering the coronavirus pandemic. Stein writes, “It was just three weeks ago in a small town in northern Italy where our Luca Ciferri, associate publisher and editor of Automotive News Europe, first wrote about an expanding presence of […]

Crain’s New York hires Everett as reporter

Crain’s New York Business has hired Gwen Everett as a reporter. She started on Monday. Everett previously worked as a reporter for Business Insider and interned on the finance team at Bloomberg News in New York. She is a graduate of Brown University where she covered higher education for the Daily Herald.

Crain’s New York hires Pascus as GA/politics reporter

Crain’s New York Business has hired Brian Pascus as a general assignment and politics reporter. He’s a 32-year-old reporter who most recently published national news and investigative pieces at CBSNews.com. He graduated from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 2018, where he earned a master’s degree, and the University of Maryland in 2009, where he […]

Hordt named editor of Crain’s New York

Robert Hordt, the deputy editor at Investment News, has been named editor of Crain’s New York Business. He started Monday. His first daily newspaper job was at the Gloucester County Times outside Philadelphia, but most of his career – 23 years – was spent at the Asbury Park Press at the Jersey Shore, first as […]

Allocca hired as deputy ME at Investment News

Sean Allocca has been hired as deputy managing editor of Investment News. He previously was an editor at Financial Planning. Allocca was also an editor at CFO magazine and worked at editor of the print, digital and online publication Forensic Magazine. He also worked as an editor and reporter at the Hudson News.

Crain’s Detroit names Root its executive editor

Detroit journalist Kelley Root will move across downtown from The Detroit News to join Crain’s Detroit Business as executive editor on March 16. A story on Crain’s Detroit states, “Root, 52, has held a series of senior editor roles since joining The News in 2004; she was named managing editor in 2019. In that role, […]

Crain’s New York senior reporter Flamm to retire

Matthew Flamm, a senior reporter at Crain’s New York Business covering media, technology and transportation, plans to retire from the publication after 16 years. His last day will be Friday. “It’s been great working here,” said Flamm in a phone conversation. “This has been a really great place to be a writer and a reporter. […]

Crain’s New York seeks a senior reporter

Crain’s New York Business is seeking a highly motivated journalist to join our editorial team. The ideal candidate has business-writing experience, a strong sense of curiosity, asks questions that editors hadn’t thought of and makes researched story pitches every week. A senior reporter generates weekly print and daily digital stories based on the news of […]

Crain’s New York seeks a reporter

Crain’s New York Business is seeking a highly motivated journalist to join our editorial team. The ideal candidate has business-writing experience, a strong sense of curiosity, asks questions that editors hadn’t thought of and makes researched story pitches every week. Our reporters generate weekly print and daily digital stories based on the news of the […]