Star Tribune retail reporter Norfleet becomes night editor
Nicole Norfleet, the retail reporter at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has become its night editor. She has been covering retail, including Target, Best Buy, the Mall of America and other malls since 2020. Two years ago, she was a Pulitzer Prize investigative reporting category finalist for “comprehensive and tenacious reporting that exposed how financial service […]
Dallas Morning News hires Womack to cover retail
The Dallas Morning News has hired Brian Womack to cover retail. He previously was at the Dallas Business Journal covering technology and a senior marketing writer at Amazon Web Services. Womack previously worked as one of Bloomberg’s reporters in San Francisco, spending nine years covering companies such as Alphabet, eBay, Facebook, HP, Oracle, Twitter and Yahoo. Prior to […]
Morning Brew hires Choudhary to cover retail
Morning Brew has hired Vidhi Choudhary as a retail reporter. She previously was at Modern Retail covering Amazon and e-commerce companies. She also worked at TheStreet.com as a breaking news reporter. Choudhary is a graduate of the Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in the master’s program for business and economics journalism. She previously worked as a […]
Morning Call seeks retail and restaurants reporter
The Morning Call is looking for a dedicated and self-motivated reporter to cover the Lehigh Valley’s flourishing restaurant and retail scenes. We want someone curious and savvy who can balance breaking/trending news with features and enterprise stories. The reporter will curate a restaurant/retail-focused newsletter and maintain an active presence on social media – engaging readers […]
Austin American-Statesman seeks a business reporter
The Austin American-Statesman/statesman.com,part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, is looking for a smart, self-motivated, ambitious, digital-minded reporter to become a leading voice in business coverage in the Austin area. This reporter is responsible for developing a multi-faceted beat that includes all aspects of business reporting from economic development, real estate growth, employment and transportation to business openings and […]
Modern Retail hires Parton as a reporter
Mitchell Parton has joined Modern Retail to cover the industry’s transformation. He previously covered real estate for the Dallas Business Journal. He also had been a residential real estate reporter at the Dallas Morning News. Parton had covered the commercial real estate beat in San Antonio, writing for the San Antonio Business Journal. He covered major corporate real […]
Toneguzzi named co-EIC of Retail Insider
Mario Toneguzzi has been named as co-editor in chief or Retail Insider, a Canadian publication. He has been the senior news editor since September 2022, reporting on the national retail industry in Canada. Before that, he was senior national business journalist for the publication. He also spent 35 years at the Calgary Herald, including more than […]
Indianapolis Star hires Guffey as a business reporter
The Indianapolis Star has hired Alysa Guffey as a business reporter. She will cover retail growth and development. Guffey has been a reporter on the emerging news desk at the Chicago Tribune, where she also covered education. A recent graduate of the University of Notre Dame, she has worked at the Boston Globe, the South Bend […]
Dallas Morning News seeks a retail reporter
The Dallas Morning News seeks an ambitious and versatile retail reporter to cover one of America’s fastest-growing regions and one of the nation’s most important retail markets. Dallas-Fort Worth is among the most competitive grocery markets in the country. It’s Walmart’s largest U.S. metro market. Dallas is a shopping destination for the region and beyond. National […]
Dallas retail reporter Halkias says goodbye
Dallas Morning News retail reporter Maria Halkias, who is retiring after 41 years on the beat, writes about her job. Halkias writes, “Sometimes stereotypes are true. Dallas is a great place to shop, and it’s also home to some of the nation’s smartest retailers and bravest entrepreneurs. One person could never keep up with all that happens […]
