The Real Deal hires Jones as data reporter

Orion Jones has joined The Real Deal as a data reporter covering New York City’s commercial and residential real estate market. Previosuly, Jones was with Big Think which he joined as associate editor. Later on, he was promoted to the post of managing editor at the company. After leaving Big Think, Jones was working as […]

Atlanta paper using software to write real estate articles

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is using compute software that analyzes real estate transaction data to write stories. A story on its website states, “The AJC’s partner in this initiative is United Robots, a Swedish company that provides automated editorial texts generated from large sets of data, such as real estate records, sports results, the land registry […]

Azevedo leaving Crunchbase for Housing Wire

Mary Ann Azevedo, a reporter for Crunchbase News in Austin, Texas, is leaving for a job at Housing Wire. She will start on June 22 and be Housing Wire’s fintech editor. Azevedo was hired as a senior reporter for Crunchbase in October 2018 after working for the publication as a freelancer for 18 months. “I […]

Money hires Sharf as real estate editor

Forbes real estate reporter Samantha Sharf is leaving the publication to become the real estate editor at Money. She will start her new job next week. “I want to thank my amazing Forbes colleagues for their smarts, good humor and, most of all, their friendship. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve learned so much,” she wrote on […]

South Carolina paper hires Contino to cover growth and development

Genna Contino, a general assignment reporting intern at The Greenville News, has been hired by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal in South Carolina to cover growth and development She starts this week. Contino is a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina. While there, she was managing editor and then editor in chief of The Daily […]

Crain’s New York seeks senior real estate reporter

Crain’s NY Business is looking for a real estate reporter to join the editorial team in covering commercial real estate in New York City, primarily Manhattan. DUTIES: Develop and manage core real estate coverage by producing smart and serious news Cover breaking news in the field and through independent reporting Generate feature-length news and analysis […]

MiBiz hires Carlson to cover real estate, small business

MiBiz Inc. has hired reporter Kate Carlson to cover real estate and development and small businesses for its West Michigan publication. A story on its website states, “Carlson comes to MiBiz from the Holland Sentinel, where she spent nearly two years covering business, development and local government in the West Michigan region. “She will contribute to […]

Crain’s Cleveland editor: Why we’re adding to our staff

Elizabeth McIntyre, the publisher and editor of Crain’s Cleveland Business, writes about why it’s expanding its editorial staff with the hiring of Michelle Jarboe. McIntyre writes, “When opportunity knocks, even as we maintain social distancing, you’ve got to open the door. And hiring a reporter of Michelle’s caliber, to join the 14 other dedicated journalists in […]

Business Insider’s property reporter Shennan selected for U.K property press awards

Francis Shennan, Scottish Business Insider property writer who covers property news, has been shortlisted for the U.K. Property Press Awards 2020, reports Insider. He is a finalist along with five other journalists in the “Property Business Journalist of the Year” category. Last year, he was also selected in the “Property Trade Awards Magazine Journalist of […]

Real estate news site Curbed folding into New York magazine

Curbed, the real estate site owned by Vox Media, is getting merged into New York magazine, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly reports, “Curbed Editor-in-Chief Kelsey Keith was let go last week, and on Tuesday, the company revealed it will be furloughing workers covering Austin, Boston, Chicago and Detroit and publishing at […]