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, […]

The Real Deal hires CoStar’s Waters to cover Chicago real estate

The Real Deal has hired CoStar reporter Jennifer Waters to cover real estate in the Chicago area. She had been with CoStar since March 2018. Waters wrote the Consumer Confidential column for MarketWatch.com and has covered the markets for a variety of beats, including retail, airlines, food, grocers, drugstores, hotels, restaurants as well as commercial real estate […]

NY Times taps Jackson to cover California real estate

Former Wall Street Journal real estate reporter Candace Jackson will be joining The New York Times to cover California real estate for the Real Estate section and other sections as well. Her new role begins July 12. Currently, Jackson was freelancing with her work appearing in SFGate, MarketWatch, The Information, The Press Democrat and more. […]

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 […]

Triangle Biz Journal hires Hoopfer to cover real estate

The Triangle Business Journal has hired Evan Hoopfer to cover commercial real estate and economic development. He will cover real estate, economic development, and other business news within the counties of Lee, Moore, Johnston, Chatham, Franklin, Nash, Harnett and Granville — areas that are experiencing significant success. Hoopfer was previously at the Dallas Business Journal, a sister […]

HW Media acquires Reverse Mortgage Daily

HW Media has acquired Reverse Mortgage Daily from Aging Media Network Inc. for an undisclosed amount. HW Media CEO Clayton Collins writes, “Since RMD was founded by John Yedinak in 2007, the publication has focused on being an industry-led news source, offering a down-to-earth, personal and independent perspective on reverse mortgages. The values and strategy […]

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 […]

Savannah Morning News hires Nicholson to cover growth and development

The Savannah Morning News has hired Zoe Nicholson to cover growth and development. She currently covers Clemson for the Greenville (S.C.) News and Anderson (S.C.) Independent, both Gannett newspapers. Her last day at that paper will be July 9. She will start her new job on July 19. Nicholson has been at the News and Independent since […]

Columbus Biz First hires Meibers as a reporter

Columbus Business First has hired Bonnie Meibers as a reporter. She started on Monday and covers commercial real estate. Meibers spent the last two years as a general assignment reporter at the Cox Media Group. She previously was a reporter at the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. She is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio, […]