Florida biz columnist resigns to become mayor’s PR director
June 30, 2011
Posted by Chris Roush
The business columnist at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla., has resigned to become the communications director of the mayor-elect of the city.
Abel Harding, a blogger and a former bank executive in the Jacksonville area, was named a business columnist for the Florida Times-Union in October 2009. He wrote weekly columns and a daily blog on business issues facing Northeast Florida.
Before entering journalism, Harding was a commercial lender at IronStone Bank, and an assistant vice president at AmSouth Bank and SouthTrust Bank.
Harding is a graduate of Southern Illinois University
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Florida biz columnist resigns to become mayor’s PR director
June 30, 2011
Posted by Chris Roush
The business columnist at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla., has resigned to become the communications director of the mayor-elect of the city.
Before entering journalism, Harding was a commercial lender at IronStone Bank, and an assistant vice president at AmSouth Bank and SouthTrust Bank.
Harding is a graduate of Southern Illinois University
The news was reported Thursday by Mike Marino of the Times-Union.
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