CoStar seeks a chief copy editor in DC

CoStar is expanding its news platform with the addition of several newsroom positions and additional resources to take its journalism to the next level. This is a great opportunity for an experienced, detail-oriented and highly organized copy editor to support CoStar’s expanding news team based in our Washington, DC headquarters. Previous copy-editing newsroom experience for […]

Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal hires Wittenberg to cover real estate

Alex Wittenberg has been hired by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal to cover residential real estate, homebuilding, manufacturing, advertising and PR firms, and diversity in business. A story on its website states, “He’s a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science. While at the U, he was online […]

Coverage: Toll Brothers stock surges on luxury home sales

Toll Brothers Inc.’s quarterly profit rose 30 percent, the U.S. luxury home builder said on Tuesday, as stronger housing demand helped it sell more homes at higher prices. Meenal Vamburkar of The Real Deal had the news: “We have buyers that will only shop new,” CEO Douglas Yearly said on the company’s earnings call. “We are […]

Editor Moser leaving Growthspotter for engineering firm

Bob Moser, who has worked for the Orlando Sentinel’s Growthspotter.com since it launched, is leaving the real estate and development news website to work for a civil engineering firm. Moser moved to Central Florida from São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2015 to work for GrowthSpotter.com as a reporter in advance of the launch in May […]

Charlotte Observer seeks growth and development reporter

The growth and development reporter covers a critical, high-profile beat for The Charlotte Observer – one that demands competitive, breaking news coverage as well as exclusive, high-end enterprise that helps our audience understand and make sense of the changes around them in this rapidly growing city. The beat needs to connect multiple communities, from millennials […]

Ex-Phoenix Biz Journal editor Lowery hired by real estate publication

Ilana Lowery, the former editor of the Phoenix Business Journal, has been hired as executive editor of Business Real Estate Weekly of Arizona, which covers business and real estate activity in the state. Lowery, who left the Business Journal earlier this year, will be responsibility for the publication’s product strategy and vision across all platforms, […]

GrowthSpotter.com seeks an editor

The Orlando Sentinel is seeking an experienced Senior Content Editor to lead GrowthSpotter.com, which covers Metro Orlando’s dynamic real-estate market and related development. Publishing five days a week since May 2015, GrowthSpotter is a premium digital subscription service for a niche audience of real estate professionals, including developers, contractors, architects, civil engineers, brokers, bankers and […]

Dallas Biz Journal hires new real estate reporter

The Dallas Business Journal has hired Claire Ballor as its new real estate reporter. She will start on Sept. 4. Ballor is currently a breaking news and city hall reporter at the Dallas Morning News. Her work includes daily and enterprise reporting on sexual harassment in the workplace, the police ambush in downtown Dallas, Fair Park’s revitalization […]

Columbus Dispatch seeks a real estate reporter

The Columbus Dispatch seeks a reporter to cover real estate, housing development and home improvement. We’re looking for someone with a digital mindset and good story ideas who takes pride in being curious, resourceful and a self-starter. This person should enjoy meeting and talking to people, and telling interesting stories in print, online and via […]

Charlotte Observer real estate reporter moving to city beat

Ely Portillo, who covers real estate and development for the Charlotte Observer, is moving to the local government and politics beat. Cassie Cope of the Observer will be taking over the beat on an interim basis. She has been covering health care and energy. “I’m looking forward to trying something new, but I’ve definitely enjoyed reporting […]