Categories: OLD Media Moves

TechCrunch hires two new reporters

Erick Schonfeld, the editor of TechCrunch, writes that the tech news site has hired two new reporters, Josh Constine and Eric Eldon.

Schonfeld writes, “Both come from Inside Facebook, where Eldon is the editor and Constine is the lead writer. Very few bloggers understand the ins and outs of Facebook as much as them. Constine even has a Masters in Cybersociology from Stanford (he’s that into it). Not only is Constine adept at breaking news, but he also brings a level of analysis that shows the long-term impact of the latest developments. He’s young, smart, and hungry — a deadly combination for a tech blogger.

“Eldon is an old pro among tech bloggers. He was the first employee at VentureBeat (where he first recruited our own MG Siegler, who is now our Apple columnist and a VC). Eldon was instrumental in helping to build Inside Facebook and its parent company Inside Network, which was acquired for $14 million by WebMediaBrandsearlier this year.

“But I didn’t ask Eldon and Constine to join TechCrunch just to write about Facebook. Their deep knowledge of the social web will help them write about everything from startups to Google. They will be joining our editorial staff in San Francisco. Constine starts Friday, and Eldon in two weeks. Please give them a warm TechCrunch welcome. (And, yes, I am still hiring).”

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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.