LATimes biz reporter to cover Pentagon

W.J. Hennigan, who has been a Los Angeles Times business reporter since 2009, is moving to Washington, D.C., to cover the Pentagon.

An internal announcement stated:

Bill joined The Times in 2009 and has spent much of his time focusing on Southern California’s aerospace and defense industries, which will stand him in good stead as he takes on the broader field of covering the U.S. military.

In the last year, Bill has written memorably about budget battles between manned and robotic fighter planes, electronic warfare technology, efforts to repair and resurrect a badly damaged B-2 bomber and a pair of guys who comb through the Mojave desert looking for remains of long-lost military aircraft. That last piece won the California Newspaper Assn.’s prize for best Business story of 2013.

Bill worked with David Cloud in 2011 on a series of stories about the U.S. drone war and has collaborated with Washington bureau reporters on several other pieces. He previously worked in D.C. for Legal Times.

Bill is a native of Chicago and graduated from Northern Illinois University before moving to Arizona for journalism school.