CNN announced Wednesday that it has hired Jon Ostrower, an aviation beat reporter at the Wall Street Journal since 2012, as its aviation editor.
He starts Oct. 13.
In this new role, Ostrower will lead coverage of the business of aviation, primarily as a writer but also as an in-house expert.
As a teen in Boston, after getting his driver’s license, one of the first things Ostrower did was drive to Logan Airport to watch planes take off and land. He is a thought leader on the business of flying and has 61,000 Twitter followers.
Ostrower and his family live in Seattle, where he is surrounded by aerospace workers.
The aviation beat will focus on consumer centric stories about business, innovation and technology.
Ostrower will work closely with other CNN journalists who cover aviation, including Chris Isidore and Richard Quest of CNNMoney, Rene Marsh and Josh Gaynor of CNN Washington’s aviation regulatory beat, and the travel team under new hire Brekke Fletcher .
