Wisconsin State Journal taps Heidemann to serve as a housing reporter

Emilie Heidemann, a reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal, has taken over the role of housing reporter. She will continue to focus on the local economy but will have less of an emphasis on technology. Heidemann worked as a community reporter, photographer, page designer, community/business editor and government reporter at Unified Newspaper Group in Wisconsin. […]

Crain’s New York hires three new reporters

Crain’s New York Business has hired three new reporters in recent weeks. They are: C.J. Hughes joins Crain’s New York to cover real estate as a senior reporter. For almost 20 years he has been a prolific freelance reporter covering real estate in New York City, including for The New York Times. He brings deep […]

Axios taps Sparber to cover real estate

Axios has hired Sami Sparber to cover real estate. She previously has been working for Axios Local. Sparber was an intern on the Wall Street Journal real estate team in New York. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and hails from the Chicago suburbs. Previously, she interned at the Texas Tribune, NBC […]

The Real Deal seeks a San Francisco bureau chief

The Real Deal is looking for a journalist with strong reporting and writing skills along with experience or a well-founded desire to grow as a leader and manager in the role of bureau chief for our operations in the Bay Area. The ideal candidate will be ready to guide a team of several fellow journalists […]

Florida real estate reporter Wegman departing publication

Catie Wegman, who covers housing and real estate for Gannett paper TCPalm in southeast Florida, is leaving after three-and-a-half years. “Working for Gannett, particularly this last year, has been nothing but disheartening. And I know many other young journalists are facing the same hard decision,” she wrote on Twitter. Wegman has been with the paper […]

The Real Deal seeks a reporter in New York

This position requires a presence in New York. The Reporter would be responsible for writing several original web stories per week on the real-estate beat and produce in-depth features for the website and our monthly magazine. The ideal candidate will have an interest in covering money and power and a keen desire to learn how the […]

The Real Deal seeks a reporter in San Francisco

This position requires a presence in San Francisco Bay Area The Reporter would be responsible for writing several original web stories per week on the real-estate beat and produce in-depth features for the website and our monthly magazine. The ideal candidate will have an interest in covering money and power and a keen desire to learn […]

HousingWire parent buys real estate data company

HW Media, publisher of HousingWire, RealTrends and Reverse Mortgage Daily, announced Thursday it has acquired real estate data firm Altos Research for an undisclosed amount. Altos provides weekly market statistics, analysis and reporting for 99 percent of the zip codes in the United States. Altos founder and CEO Mike Simonsen will join HW Media executive team as president of […]

CoStar hires Voros as its West Coast editor

Real estate news service CoStar has hired Drew Voros as its West Coast editor in Los Angeles. He previously was editor-in chief for ETF.com, where he supervises ETF.com, monthly magazine ETF Report and HardAssetsInvestor.com. Voros has more than 30 years of experience in journalism, including serving as the business editor for the Oakland Tribune and sister papers of […]

Samtani promoted to senior VP of content at The Real Deal

Hiten Samtani has been promoted to senior vice president of content at real estate news company The Real Deal. It’s a broad editorial leadership role overseeing all content offerings, from the newsroom to its flagship magazine, subscriber-focused journalism, live events, video and training for reporters and editors. “One of the parts of my new job […]