Triad Biz Journal seeks a retail and restaurants reporter

This position will be Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, and those days can be flexible in consultation with your manager. The Reporters for ACBJ will join our newsroom and cover markets for one of the hottest economies in the country.Our reporters must be competitive, nimble and driven to break news about the […]
Spice hires to cover restaurants and retail for Milwaukee Biz Journal

The Milwaukee Business Journal has hired Linda Spice to cover restaurants and retail. She will start on Monday. Spice has been a digital communication specialist at Alverno College for the past two years. She spent 15 years at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covering suburban government, K-12 schools, higher education, county government, police and fire, and breaking news. […]
Media Movers: Book author Jason Del Rey

I recently profiled Matthew Goldberg, whose career started in sports journalism before he switched to business writing. Today, I bring you Jason Del Rey, whose career started as a breaking news and sports reporter at the Jersey Journal before he switched to business. Journalists like to say that three makes a trend, so I can’t […]
Marketwatch.com seeks a retail and consumer reporter

MarketWatch is seeking an enterprising and energetic reporter to cover the retail and consumer beat, from big-box retailers, like Walmart and Target, to food companies and restaurant operators like McDonald’s, Chipotle and Yum! Brands. This is an opportunity to be part of a real-time desk that digs into company earnings reporters in search of news […]
KC Star retail reporter departs after 38 years

Joyce Smith, a reporter at the Kansas City Star covering restaurants and retail, is leaving the paper after more than 38 years. Her CityScape column launched in 1989. “I will continue to post some restaurant and retail news on social media during this transition,” she wrote on Twitter. “I also have started a longer project […]
Post-Dispatch retail reporter Neman returning to features

Daniel Neman, who has been writing about retail for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the past year, is returning to the features desk. Neman writes “I’ve had a blast writing about retail business. I’ve covered a lot of stories that were important and relevant, and more than a few that were just a little goofy. […]
Dawkins moves to retail beat at Insider

Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins is now covering retail for Insider as a senior reporter. She has been covering entrepreneurship since November 2019. Dawkins also worked as associate distribution editor for site video at Insider. She interned at Papercut Magazine and at EdTech Times. Dawkins is a graduate of Emerson College.
Business Insider reporter Tobin departs

Business Insider retail reporter Ben Tobin has left the news organization. Tobin had been with the publication for a year and covered Wal-Mart and other large retailers. Tobin has been a business reporter at the Louisville Courier-Journal. While at the Courier-Journal, he was part of a reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its work […]
Kansas City Star seeks restaurant and retail reporter

The Kansas City Star, winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes, is seeking a creative, high-energy journalist to become our restaurant and retail reporter. Kansas City loves to eat. It’s at the center of our “going out” plans, a huge part of our entertainment. And we have a remarkable award-winning restaurant scene that offers some of the […]
Post and Courier seek retail and real estate reporter

The Post and Courier, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and a Pulitzer finalist six times since 2011, is looking for a retail/real estate business reporter in our Columbia newsroom. South Carolina’s capital city is attracting major development, including a new electric vehicle maker, and features a robust business community boosted by […]