LA Times seeks transportation reporter

The Los Angeles Times has an opening for a reporter to cover transportation, mobility and commuting in California. This position comes open at a vital time. The pandemic has upended certain bedrock assumptions – that the commute will always be long and bad, that the 405 will always be a parking lot, that Californians will […]

Puget Sound Biz Journal seeks an aerospace reporter

The Puget Sound Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover Boeing and the aerospace industry in Seattle and the surrounding region. We’re looking for someone with solid news chops to cover one of the industries that drives the economic growth and health of this region. Boeing is the big, national employer, of […]

Covering cars through the prism of real people

Frank Witsil of the Detroit Free Press interviewed auto industry reporter Phoebe Wall Howard about her job. Here is an excerpt: FREE PRESS: I wanted to just ask you a couple other questions that also might help our audience understand what you do. One is: As an auto reporter, it seems like you have to balance writing for […]

Politico seeks an aviation reporter

Politico is seeking an enterprising, aggressive reporter to cover the future of the skies – writing about everything from drones to airlines to the uncharted territory of commercial space. You’ll join an ambitious, tight-knit team covering the politics and policy of every realm of transportation, including impacts to commerce, safety, climate and more. You’ll dig […]

Reuters seeks an auto correspondent in Germany

Reuters is looking for an experienced journalist to help lead ambitious coverage of the German automotive sector at the world’s largest multimedia news provider. This posting comes at a time when a shift from combustion engines to electric and autonomous cars intensifies competition between established automakers and newer players such as Tesla or Apple. The […]

E&E News reporter Skibell moves to transportation beat

E&E News reporter Arianna Skibell is now covering the transportation beat. She previously covered the power industry’s transition in a warming world, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, electric grid and state energy battles. Following a year of independent research and reporting in Israel through the Dorot Fellowship, she was a freelance reporter, contributing to […]

Insider’s Lee departing for The Drive

Business Insider senior automotive reporter Kristen Lee is leaving to become deputy editor of The Drive. Her last day at Business Insider is Wednesday. She will start her new job next month and help spearhead car reviews and features coverage. “Despite everything, The Drive grew hugely last year, nearly doubling its audience,” she wrote on Twitter. Lee […]

WSJ seeks a reporter to cover air safety and space

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover air safety and space. The position is part of our aerospace and aviation team and involves developing a deep command of the technical, regulatory and business issues around air safety. You will produce scoops, write authoritatively on major breaking news and deliver smart analysis. […]

Washington Post names Richardson its transportation and development editor

Washington Post local editor Mike Semel and deputy local editor Monica Norton sent out the following announcement on Friday: We are thrilled to announce that Tim Richardson is our new transportation and development editor. Tim comes to the job after six years as Metro’s breaking news editor. During that time, he has been at the center […]

TechCrunch hires two to cover transportation

Tech news site TechCrunch has hired two new reporters — Rebecca Bellan and Aria Alamalhodaei — to cover transportation. Bellan has been a contributing writer for Forbes.com, covering social media and tech innovation since February 2020. She previously worked as a freelancer at CityLab and as a content writer at The Atlantic. She holds a bachelor’s degree […]