Jarboe heads to the Plain Dealer
Business reporter Michelle Jarboe is heading to the Cleveland Plain Dealer to cover real estate. She's increasing the potential readership of her work by about 8-fold in circulation and moving much closer to home so I can't begrudge her.
Michelle came to us two years ago from UNC. She's played a prominent role in our coverage of the big business stories over that period including breaking Friday's story of the Friendly Center contract. She's also been an online champion.
Dang. And I had just gotten her to get a new photo for her Savvy Shopper column, a photo that would replace this one. Like, I've never seen her wear glasses. I guess we won't use it now.
Her boss, John Nagy, said, "She is possessed with deep passion and professionalism for the job. It is no surprise that a paper steeped in a tradition of rich and well-regarded business coverage sought her out."
Indeed, we'll miss both her work and her presence in our newsroom.
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I liked her picture from the Harry Potter book release story, unfortunately, it was not the kind of picture you'd use for business stories. Nothing like a red head with a witch's wand.....
Posted on October 8, 2007 10:00 PM
eh, business writing ...
Posted on October 10, 2007 12:20 PM
It's the Triad's loss. She's freaking gorgeous. With the glasses is better.
Posted on October 19, 2007 7:04 AM