Business Insider restaurants reporter Luna has left
Nancy Luna, the restaurants reporter at Business Insider, was among those laid off by the news organization. Luna has been with the retail team at Business Insider since 2020. She previously worked for more than two years as a senior editor and tech editor for Nation’s Restaurant News, the industry’s leading and independent trade publication. […]
Bloomberg hires Kang to cover Walmart
John Edwards, team leader for U.S. retail, consumer and luxury coverage, sent out the following on Tuesday: Retail isn’t dead. It’s just evolving. Nowhere is that more true than in the ultra-competitive world of big-box retailing, led by that supersized colossus of them all: Walmart. Covering Walmart Nation is one of Bloomberg’s premier beats, and we’re […]
Jacksonville Biz Journal seeks a retail and small biz 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. We’re looking for a reporter who can help our readers understand the local economy by delving into the successes and failures of small businesses, with a focus on what’s happening in the […]
Triad Biz Journal hires Egan as a reporter
Lilly Egan has been hired by the Triad Business Journal in North Carolina as a reporter. She will start Nov. 30 and will cover real estate, sports business, retail and restaurants. Egan interned this summer at The (Raleigh) News & Observer on the business news desk as a Dow Jones News Fund intern. In Summer […]
Why a biz news desk focuses on restaurant openings and closings
Romando Dixson, the executive editor of the Peoria Journal Star in Illinois, writes about why the paper covers restaurant openings and closings. Dixson writes, “To help readers keep up with the news, Journal Star reporter Cassidy Waigand publishes a newsletter on the local food and dining scene, delivered to your email every Thursday. The newsletter is a collection […]
Bloomberg taps Li to serve as consumer reporter
Diana Li, a wealth reporter at Bloomberg, has taken on the role of consumer reporter. In her new role, she will help cover consumer facing companies with a particular focus on big-box retailers such as Walmart and Target. Li joined in June 2022 as an energy reporter intern. In January 2023, she joined the staff […]
Bloomberg News seeks a Walmart reporter
Walmart is both the largest private employer in the U.S. and the biggest retailer in the world, and we’re looking for an ambitious, creative newshound to get scoops and dive deep on its continuing transformation from brick-and-mortar store fleet into a global advertising, health-care and delivery behemoth. With 90% of Americans living within 10 miles […]
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 […]
