Good morning! Here are some career updates from the journalism community:
- Xana Antunes is now editor of new initiatives at Quartz. Previously, she was editor and vice president of CNBC Digital. (Capital)
- Dan Steinberg will be sports columnist at The Washington Post. He founded the D.C. Sports Bog there. (Washington Post)
- Ann Marie Lipinski is now a member of Poynter’s board of trustees. She is the curator of the Nieman Foundation. Rob King will be chairman of Poynter’s National Advisory Board. He is a senior vice president at ESPN. (Poynter)
- Jill Waage is now executive editor at Better Homes and Gardens. Previously, she was editorial director for home there. (Email)
- Mark Neerman is now news director at KSNV in Las Vegas, Nevada. Previously, he was news director at WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. Megan Harris is now news director for WFAA in Dallas. Previously, she was an executive producer there. Steve Richards is now news director for WRGB in Schenectady, New York. Previously, he was news director for WHEC in Rochester, New York. Scott Warren is now nightside executive producer at WFLD in Chicago. Previously he was an executive producer at the Weather Channel. Chris Hanson is now assistant news director of digital at KTRK in Houston. Previously, he was assistant news director there. Mark Farrell is now an executive producer at WFTV in Orlando, Florida. He previously worked at WTLV in Jacksonville. Jessica Neidhard is now nightside executive producer at WDTN in Dayton, Ohio. She was a producer there. Ken Freedman is now general manager at WCMH in Columbus, Ohio. He’s general manager for KWQC in Davenport, Iowa. Paul Briggs is now general manager for WHBQ in Memphis, Tennessee. Previously, he was general sales manager for WSOC in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ron Romines is now general manager at WTEN in Albany, New York. Previously, he was general sales manager there. Steve Lavin will be general manager for WBAY in Green Bay. He’s the station manager there. (Rick Gevers)
Job of the day: Gimlet Media is looking for a producer/reporter. Get your résumés in! (Gimlet Media)
Send Ben your job moves: bmullin@poynter.org
