Dallas Morning News loses two biz reporters as part of layoffs
The Dallas Morning News laid off two business reporters as part of its layoffs that are trimming 40 positions — 20 in the newsroom. The two who were cut are energy and environment reporter Jeff Mosier and retail and real estate reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs. Mosier is a 23-year veteran of The Dallas Morning News with […]
Kansas City Biz Journal seeks a commercial real estate reporter
Kansas City Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover commercial real estate. The real estate beat is the essence of top-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks to dig out deals before the competition and reporting both the dollar value and the broad impact of new projects, […]
Austin Biz Journal hires Edgemon to cover real estate
Erin Edgemon has been hired to cover real estate at Austin Business Journal. A story on its website states, “Most recently, she spent six years as a reporter in Birmingham, Ala., for Alabama Media Group, which owns The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and other media outlets. She also spent about a decade as a journalist […]
CoStar hires Lawson as entrepreneurship reporter
Richard Lawson has been hired by CoStar Group as an entrepreneurship reporter. He will be based in Atlanta and write stories geared toward entrepreneurs who are seeking office and retail spaces and have other commercial real estate requirements. Lawson spent the last two years at Crain Communications as an editor, managing and creating custom digital […]
CoStar seeks a regional editor in Washington
CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced commercial real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the industry’s leading source of commercial real estate information and data. Fortune Magazine recently named CoStar Group top 100 fastest growing companies in […]
CEO blames housing slowdown on the media
Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearly blamed media reports about the housing market for the slowdown in sales, reports Michael Sheetz of CNBC.com. Sheetz writes, “‘In November, we saw the market soften further, which we attribute to the cumulative impact of rising interest rates and the effect on buyer sentiment of well-publicized reports of a housing […]
WSJ seeks real estate personal finance writer for Mansion
The Wall Street Journal seeks a writer with voice, authority and style to cover the financial lives of our readers as they navigate home ownership. The writer’s beat will cover the economics of real estate with a focus on the way we live, finding both real people and experts who can weigh in and speak […]
Coverage: New home sales drop to lowest level since 2016
Sales of new U.S. homes slid sharply in October as higher mortgage rates and rising construction costs created significant headwinds for home builders. Laura Kosisto and Harriet Torry of The Wall Street Journal had the news: Purchases of newly built single-family homes fell 8.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 544,000 in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. From a year […]
Charlotte Observer hires economic growth and development reporter
The Charlotte Observer has hired Danielle Chemtob to cover economic growth and development. She will start in January. Chemtob replaces Ely Portillo, who has moved over to the local government and politics beat. Chemtob will graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill in December with a degree in journalism. She interned this past summer at The Wall Street […]
CoStar seeks a entrepreneurship reporter
CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced commercial real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the industry’s leading source of commercial real estate information and data. Fortune Magazine recently named CoStar Group top 100 fastest growing companies in […]
