Winter hired by Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal as a reporter

Reporter Deena Winter joined the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal this week to cover retail residential real estate, homebuilding and manufacturing. A story on its website states: Tell us about your journalism background: I did my first summer internship at a newspaper in Bismarck, N.D., 30 years ago, and have been working in the field since, starting […]

ProPublica Illinois hires The Real Deal’s Coryne

ProPublica Illinois announced Wednesday that Haru Coryne will join the team as a data reporter. Coryne comes to ProPublica Illinois from The Real Deal, where he has covered the real estate industry in Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. As a news researcher and data journalist, his work has included investigations of campaign finance in local […]

Ben Lane hired as managing editor of HousingWire

Housingwire welcomes Ben Lane into the role of managing editor. Lane will be responsible for the publication’s overall strategy and execution. Lane ascended to the editor position in 2018, and was promoted to senior financial reporter in 2015. He originally joined the organization as a reporter in 2014. Lane has been recognized by the National […]

Mercury News seeks a housing reporter

The Bay Area News Group has an immediate opening for an energetic reporter and exceptional story teller interested in joining our top-notch housing team. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about a topic that has the attention of anyone who lives or works in the Bay Area, whether they are newcomers or long-time residents, […]

The guilty pleasure of WSJ’s Mansion

Andrew Ferguson of The Atlantic writes about the appeal of Mansion Global, the Dow Jones publication that covers high-end real estate. Ferguson writes, “Next to house lust, the motive power of Mansion lies in the possibilities, however implicit, for envy: green-eyed, palm-dampened, parched-mouth resentment. The editors, of course, know this, but here again they show rather […]

National real estate journalism contest winners announced

The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) announced the winners of its 69th Annual Journalism Awards, recognizing excellence in reporting, writing and editing stories about residential and commercial real estate. Prashant Gopal of Bloomberg News received NAREE’s Platinum Award for Best Individual Entry. The President’s Gold Award for Best Freelance Collection went to Jon […]

Seattle Times real estate reporter Rosenberg resigns

Seattle Times real estate reporter Mike Rosenberg resigned earlier this month, reports Rich Smith of The Stranger. Smith reports, “Rosenberg’s resignation comes a little over a month after journalist Talia Jane accused him of sending inappropriate messages via Twitter. “When the paper was made aware of the sexual harassment allegation, the Times suspended Rosenberg and launched an internal investigation. The Times […]

Seattle Times seeks a real estate reporter

The Seattle Times, a family-owned news organization and one of the nation’s premier regional news sources, is looking for an experienced Business Reporter (Real Estate) to join our Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. In this role, you will cover the residential and commercial real estate beat in a region that’s well-known across the country for its surge in high-rise […]

Houston Biz Journal reporter Rahman leaves for ICIS

Fauzeya Rahman, a reporter at the Houston Business Journal covering residential real estate and education, is leaving the American City Business Journals paper. Rahman will become a reporter at energy trade publication ICIS covering the liquid natural gas markets. She has been at the Business Journal since January 2018. Before that, she worked at the […]

News & Observer seeks a business and real estate reporter

The (Raleigh) News & Observer and The (Durham) Herald-Sun in North Carolina are looking for a smart, energetic reporter who has an abiding interest in business and real estate news. The reporter will research and write daily stories along with deeper projects that examine the impact of business and real estate growth and expansion in […]