Forbes has launched a high-end real estate platform
Forbes and luxury real estate veterans are launching a new Zillow-like platform Thursday for properties over $2 million, reports Sarah Paynter of Yahoo Finance. Paynter reports, “The listing site will feature luxury homes around the globe from $2 million to $160 million. Over 200 listings on the site are worth over $10 million. The partnership with Forbes […]
NAREE names winners in real estate journalism competition
The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) today announced the winners of its 70th Annual Journalism Awards, recognizing excellence in reporting, writing and editing stories about residential and commercial real estate at is first-ever virtual real estate journalism conference. Konrad Putzier, Wall Street Journal, received NAREE’s Platinum Award for Best Individual Entry. The Kenneth […]
HousingWire parent acquires REAL Trends
HW Media, publisher of HousingWire, FinLedger, and producer of Engage Events, announced Wednesday it has acquired residential real estate news service REAL Trends for an undisclosed amount. REAL Trends will continue to publish the REAL Trends 500, The Thousand, and Website Rankings reports on an annual basis, as well as produce the Gathering of Eagles […]
South Carolina daily hires Brown to cover growth and development
The Greenville News in South Carolina has hired Kirk Brown to cover growth and development. Executive editor Steve Bruss writes, ” I’ve worked with Kirk since late 2016, and I’m excited about this change for him and for you. Kirk brings tremendous experience, and he is a dogged reporter driven by a sense of fairness and objectivity. I expect […]
Four Star-Tribune biz reporters have new beats
Four Minneapolis Star-Tribune business reporters are now covering new beats. Nicole Norfleet is now covering retail, including Target, Best Buy, the Mall of America and other malls. She has been with the Star Tribune since July 2010 and also spent time on the metro desk. She is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate. Kavita Kumar is now covering […]
Bisnow seeks a reporter in San Francisco
Bisnow is seeking a high-energy, collaborative and news-obsessed individual to join our growing editorial team as our San Francisco reporter. The perfect fit for this position will quickly master the Bisnow editorial process, can maintain and build relationships and will keep up with our fast-paced, high-pressure environment. RESPONSIBILITIES: Writing roughly six articles a week of […]
Seattle Times moves Long to Amazon beat
Seattle Times real estate reporter Katherine Long is moving to a new beat — covering Amazon.com. She also covered the Port of Seattle. “It’s bittersweet to move off the real estate beat. But plenty of Amazon news *is* real estate news, especially around Seattle,” she wrote on Twitter. She was a researcher for Vox Media […]
Daily Memphian seeks economic development reporter
The Daily Memphian is looking for a versatile reporter who can deliver breaking news, quick turn-around features and longer-range enterprise stories on issues of growth, economic development and new businesses in a thriving metro area that has been experiencing strong growth and development. The Economic Development & Growth reporter must be able to work collaboratively […]
Nashville Biz Journal hires Hutchinson to cover real estate
The Nashville Business Journal has hired Drew Hutchinson to cover commercial real estate. She will start next week. Hutchinson interned for Bloomberg News this summer after graduating from the University of Oklahoma. She also worked at KGOU, where she was the producer and co-host of the “Business Intelligence Report.” And she was the Iowa caucus reporter for […]
Real estate site Curbed relaunches as part of New York magazine
Real estate website Curbed has relaunched as part of New York magazine, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily. Guaglione reports, “Curbed launched first as a blog in 2004. It eventually had a flagship and city-specific sites. “It was acquired by Vox Media in 2013; New York Media purchased Vox last year. The Curbed site suffered from furloughs and cuts […]
