Write and edit industry information in L.A.

Industry Intelligence Inc. is looking for a full-time online content writer and editor in Los Angeles, California.
The writer/editor will author original content, edit online copy, tag information and handle online publication for the company's Web site. The selected candidate will also gather information and data from media sources on the forest products, packaging and real estate industries.
Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in journalism and one to two years' experience in the journalism industry. Candidates should also have editorial training and previous business writing experience. Those applying should be comfortable with computers and adept in using the Web (particularly in e-mailing, Googling and instant messaging).
To apply, e-mail your cover letter, resume and writing samples to Human Resources Manager Tiffany Routon at T.Routon@industryintel.com.

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San Diego Union-Trib has space for sale

Voiceofsandiego.org reports that three floors of the San Diego Union-Tribune's five-story Mission Valley offices were posted available for rent Monday.
Following 192 layoffs in early May, the potential lease is the latest cost-saving move to come from new owners, Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity, which bought the Union-Tribune in March.
The paper's staff shrunk 40 percent in the last three years, dropping from 1,422 employees in 2006 to 850 this year. Newspaper staff is expected to consolidate to the remaining floors.

Platinum Equity has also listed for sale office buildings that belonged to Copley Press Inc., the newspaper's former owner.

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OC Register biz reporter heads to Bloomberg

The OC Weekly reports that John Gittelsohn, a business reporter at the Orange County Register, is leaving the paper for a job at Bloomberg News in New York City.
The report says that Gittelsohn will cover national real estate topics for Bloomberg. His last day at the paper will be June 26.
Gittelsohn joined the Register as a education reporter, but is more recently known for his standout business coverage in South California.
From the story:

John came to the Register from the Sun Sentinel in Florida to cover K-12 education. He later reported OC's Asian communities, traveling to Vietnam and China on reporting trips, state government, including covering Arnold for two years in our Sacramento bureau, and, most recently, reporting on Orange County's rich and infamous, such as indicted Broadcom billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III.

LAT biz section reporter dies at 46

The Los Angeles Times reports Annette Haddad, a real estate reporter for the paper's business section, has died of complications from ovarian cancer. She was 46. Haddad first joined the paper in 1992.

From her L.A. Times obituary:

Although she had spent much of her career at the Times as an editor, she embraced the idea of covering real estate when offered the chance in 2004. During her time on the beat, she had 17 Page 1 stories on a variety of aspects of the market, including a sharp Column One feature that provided an early look at the impending foreclosure crisis.

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