Categories: OLD Media Moves

Kilgore, former National Mortgage News editor, joins Javelin Strategy

Austin Kilgore

Austin Kilgore, who was editor of National Mortgage News until leaving last week, has been hired by Javelin Strategy & Research to lead its digital lending practice.

Kilgore will advise clients on emerging technologies and strategies that provide more accurate underwriting and portfolio management decisions across mortgage, auto, student and personal loans.

In addition to running National Mortgage, Kilgore was a contributing editor to American Banker, where he oversaw SourceMedia’s coverage and analysis of mortgage finance and real estate.

Previous roles at SourceMedia include managing editor of PaymentsSource and Mortgage Technology. Before that, he was an editor and reporter for HousingWire.

“Javelin’s mission aligns with my own personal passion for financial services innovation and it’s a privilege to take on this new role,” said Kilgore in a statement.

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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