Charlotte Biz Journal hires O’Connell to cover real estate

The Charlotte Business Journal has hired Elizabeth O’Connell to cover commercial real estate. She has been a reporter at the Anson Record in Wadesboro, North Carolina. O’Connell attended the University of Arizona and graduated in 2018 with a Bachelors of Arts in Journalism and a double minor in Spanish and sports management. She held internships […]

American City Biz seeks a reporter in Providence

American City Business Journals is looking for a competitive, driven reporter to help launch a business journal in Providence, R.I., later this year. This reporter will cover commercial real estate and economic development in one of the most dynamic business communities in the Northeast. The commercial real estate/ecodevo beat is the essence of high-level reporting. […]

Hartford Biz Journal seeks a senior staff writer

Hartford Business Journal, the state’s leading business-to-business publication, is seeking a senior staff writer to take over some of our most important beats — commercial real estate, banking and finance and economic development — and help be a leader in our newsroom. This is a position that opens up rarely within our news department, which […]

Business Observer seeks a commercial real estate reporter

Sick of the daily grind? Us too. But just because we’re a weekly doesn’t mean we’re not always churning out content. Whether it’s for the web or print, the pace is fast, the stories are fun and the pay is competitive here at the Business Observer. We write intelligent stories for C-suite readers. In addition […]

WSJ real estate reporter Barbanel dies at 68

Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, I’m sorry to share the sad news that our colleague, Josh Barbanel passed away early this morning. Josh died peacefully at his New York City home, with his wife, three children and daughter-in-law at his side. He had been fighting colon […]

WBJ hires Hamilton as reporter

The Worcester Business Journal has named Katherine Hamilton a reporter, covering the real estate and health care industries. Recently, Hamilton was a writer at RepresentUs. During her time there, she earned her master’s degree in community development and planning from Clark University, where she was the editor-in-chief at the student newspaper. Previously, she has also […]

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 […]