Globe and Mail biz desk losing two staffers

The Toronto Globe and Mail is losing its real estate reporter and its lead finance reporter.

Here is the announcement from Paul Waldie, the paper’s business editor:

I am sorry to announce that Tara Perkins and Boyd Erman are leaving the Globe and Mail for positions outside journalism. Tara is headed to the CPPIB and Boyd is joining a Toronto-based communications company.

Since joining the Globe in 2007, Tara has won an NNA and been nominated twice.  She has broken innumerable stories in financial services, real estate, MLSE, BlackBerry and countless other topics across the paper. Throughout her career in journalism, Tara has represented the essence of reporting, someone who will take any assignment and never, ever, quit until she has the story. Just ask Conrad Black who has been chased down, staked out and badgered on his private phone line by Tara.

Boyd joined the Globe in 2006, eventually taking over the Streetwise column.  As well as becoming a must-read columnist, Boyd helped transform Streetwise online, turning it into one of the Globe’s most successful web franchises. He has won three NNAs including one last year for the Globe’s coverage of BlackBerry. He too has been the heart and soul of the ROB, tirelessly working with other reporters to turn tips into front-page stories. And he always looks great on BNN.

The last day for Tara and Boyd is Nov. 7.