San Fran Biz Times hires Kanik to cover commercial real estate

The San Francisco Business Times has hired Hannah Kanik to cover commercial real estate. She has been a Bay Area News Group reporter covering Santa Clara County’s West Valley for The Mercury News, East Bay Times, The Los Gatos Weekly and The Saratoga News. Kanik previously worked as a reporter for PhillyVoice in Philadelphia and freelanced […]

Gittelsohn named LA bureau chief for Bloomberg

Bloomberg News reporter John Gittelsohn has been named its Los Angeles bureau chief. He will continue to cover real estate. Gittelsohn has been with Bloomberg since 2009, primarily covering the real estate beat. Before that, he spent 14 years at the Orange County Register and four years at the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. He also spent three years working as a freelancer […]

Crain’s Cleveland seeks a residential real estate reporter

Crain’s Cleveland Business, the definitive source of news and information about Northeast Ohio businesses, is looking for an experienced reporter to own the residential real estate beat. This position will also include some coverage of general breaking business news. You’ll be expected to provide wide-reaching coverage of all things residential real estate, from industry trends […]

Fort Worth Star-Telegram seeks a growth reporter

Fort Worth is the fastest growing city in America, in a metropolitan region that’s already home to 8 million. Growth is the story in North Texas – from the construction cranes towering over our urban skylines to the sprawling new subdivisions that are taking over miles of rural ranchland. We are looking for a reporter who is […]

Sonmez joining Blue Ridge Public Radio to cover growth and development

Blue Ridge Public Radio in Asheville, North Carolina, has hired Felicia Sonmez to cover growth and development. Erin Adams of Blue Ridge Public Radio writes, “Sonmez worked as a print journalist for more than a dozen years, most recently as a national political reporter for The Washington Post. From 2013 to 2018, she was based in Beijing, where […]

Lambert starting real estate news and research site ResiClub

Former Fortune real estate editor Lance Lambert is starting a real estate news and research site called ResiClub. Lambert will be the editor of ResiClub, which is backed by investor Anthony Pompliano. The company’s mission is to provide comprehensive coverage and insights into the U.S. housing sector, with a particular focus on homebuilders, institutional homebuyers, proptech startups, and […]

Fortune real estate editor Lambert departs

Fortune magazine real estate editor Lance Lambert has left the publication for a new opportunity, which he will announce Wednesday. He has been in that role since December 2022. Lambert previously was editorial director of Fortune Education. He was analytics editor and associate data editor. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in […]

Bangor Daily News hires Norman as housing and real estate reporter

Zara Lei Norman has joined the Bangor Daily News in Maine to cover Maine housing and real estate. Recently, she was a general assignment reporter for the Morning Sentinel at Maine Trust for Local News. Previously, Norman interned at and freelanced for The Boston Globe. Norman has a B.A. from Brown University. You can congratulate […]

HousingWire hires Kearns as an editor

HousingWire has hired Deborah Kearns as an editor. She previously has been freelancing and was director of communications for Finance of America. Kearns also worked as a mortgage and real estate writer for NerdWallet and as real estate editor at Bankrate.com. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and a master’s degree from Ball […]

Real estate news site Estate Media raises $1.6 million

A real estate news startup called Estate Media has raised $1.6 million, reports Megan Graham of The Wall Street Journal. Graham reports, “A group of media and real-estate professionals including ‘Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles’ star Josh Flagg are building a media company catering to the real-estate industry and its devotees. “Flagg joins Griff O’Brien, who formerly […]