Categories: OLD Media Moves

Atlanta biz reporter leaves for PR firm

Rachel Tobin, a business reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, resigned on Monday to accept a job with Jackson Spalding, a local public relations firm.

Here is the e-mail announcement from Glen Jackson:

Happy to report that Rachel Tobin will join the JS Squad on December 5!  Rachel has been with the AJC since 2008, covering commercial real estate and other business news.  She has more than 12 years of reporting experience, covering news for The Daily Report and the Atlanta Business Chronicle in addition to the AJC.  She is the current president of the Atlanta Press Club.

Earlier in her career, Rachel worked for the city of Atlanta in a legislative affairs role.  Rachel is a graduate of UC San Diego; she has degree in international relations and competed nationally in cycling.  She speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese and holds a masters in communications from Georgia State.

We are thrilled to have Rachel now working for our team.  She can’t wait to get here and get to work.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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  • Rachel,
    Tascha and I wanted to congratulate you on your new job! We have enjoyed working with you in the past on Atlanta Real Estate news and would like you to know if you ever need any information, news, pricing or statistics, The Katz Crew will be happy to help you! Congrats again and we wish you the best in your new venture!
    Steven & Tascha Katz(sometimes known as son & daughter in law of Martha Jo)!
    The Katz Crew
    North Atlanta Real Estate Specialists

  • Steven and Tascha:
    Thank you so much for leaving such a nice note! I enjoyed working with you too, and I'd love to stay in touch.

    Carol: Thank you for your congratulations! I'm very much looking forward to this change.

    Chris: Thanks for the post!
    Rachel

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