These are people who were “On the Move” during January 2022, making professional moves in sports media.
If there was a move in your department or you made a move during January that is not included, you can contact Erik Hall at hallerik7@gmail.com.
- Sam B. Albuquerque became a sports reporter at the Spartanburg (South Carolina) Herald-Journal.
- Ryan Black joined the Lansing (Michigan) State Journal as a sports writer. He was previously with the Manhattan (Kansas) Mercury.
- Doug Bonjour departed from his role covering UConn for Hearst.
- Josh Boutwell became sports editor of the Troy (Alabama) Messenger. He was previously a sports writer at The Southeast Sun/Daleville Sun-Courier in Enterprise, Alabama.
- Austin Chastain became a sports reporter at the Daily News in Greenville, Michigan.
- Randy Dickson joined the Crestview (Florida) News Bulletin as a sports reporter.
- Doug Dieken retired as the Cleveland Browns radio broadcast analyst.
- Alex Dodd joined The Rapid City (South Dakota) Journal as a sports reporter.
- Russell Dorsey became the national MLB insider for Bally Sports. He previously covered the Cubs for the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Justin Emerson left his role covering the Golden Knights for the Las Vegas Sun.
- Arnold Feliciano retired as sports editor at The Gainesville (Florida) Sun.
- Brett Fowler departed from his sports editor role at the Walton Tribune in Monroe, Georgia.
- Kevin Frandsen joined the Washington Nationals as a television analyst.
- Steven Ginsberg was named The Washington Post managing editor for metro, national and sports.
- Peter Holland Jr. joined the Canton (Ohio) Repository as a sports reporter.
- Keith Jaco left his sports editor role at The Mayfield (Kentucky) Messenger.
- Kim Jones announced her departure from NFL Network.
- Carter Karels started covering Florida State for the Tallahassee (Florida) Democrat.
- Nabil Karim joined Turner Sports as an NBA and NHL studio host.
- Jordan Kaye became the Boise State reporter for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington.
- Eric Kraushar left his sports reporter role at the Chaska (Minnesota) Herald
- Ryan Ladika undertook the sports editor role at the Minot (North Dakota) Daily.
- Maddie Lee joined The Chicago Sun-Times to cover the Cubs. She was previously with NBC Sports Chicago.
- Adam Lichtenstein started covering the Miami Hurricanes for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
- Tony Maluso became the community sports coordinator at the Baltimore Sun.
- Joshua Miller took a sports writer position at the Independent Mail in Anderson, South Carolina.
- Clevis Murray joined The Buffalo (New York) News as a high school sports reporter.
- Edith Noriega became a sports reporter at the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon.
- Patrick Obley took the sports editor role at Port Charlotte (Florida) Daily Sun.
- Jeff Seisser became lead sports editor for the Adams Publishing Group’s Southern Wisconsin Newspapers.
- Alex Simon joined the Bay Area News Group as a sports editor and digital strategist.
- Gabriel Stovall became the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle senior sports reporter and Gannett Southeast Region’s sports social media growth lead. He was previously the Louisville Courier Journal assistant sports editor.
- Ben Sutton started his sports editor role at the Itawamba County Times in Fulton, Mississippi.
- Michele Tafoya and NBC parted ways.
- Barflaan Tedoe left his creative strategist role at Bleacher Reporter.
- Justin Toscano left his role covering the New York Mets for the Bergen (New Jersey) Record. He joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution to cover the Braves.
- Mitch Vosburg became a sports reporter at the Manistee (Michigan) News Advocate.
- Treasure Washington took a high school sports reporter position at the Evansville (Indiana) Courier & Press.
- Lukas Weese joined The Athletic as an associate editor.
- Jake Wright left his high school sports reporter position at The Mountain Press in Sevierville, Tennessee.
- Scott Zucker announced joining Gambling.com as an editor. He was previously sports editor at The Villages (Florida) Daily Sun.
- Deadspin added Eric Blum as a staff writer. He previously was at the Columbia (Missouri) Tribune. DJ Dunson also joined Deadspin.
- ESPN added Max McGee as a SportsCenter anchor. He was previously with WJZ-TV in Baltimore. Pete Thamel took a position covering college football for ESPN. Thamel was previously with Yahoo. ESPN named David Cone, Eduardo Perez, and Karl Ravech as its Sunday Night Baseball broadcast booth with Alex Rodriguez and Michael Kay on an alternate broadcast. ESPN moved Nick Friedell to cover the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets, and it hired Kendra Andrews to cover the Golden State Warriors. Tom Howard left his role as director of “Pardon The Interruption.” Mark Schwarz announced his retirement after 32 years at ESPN.
- FOX added Laken Litman to covering soccer and college football and Christopher Lopez as a senior programming editor for gambling.
- The Las Vegas Review-Journal added Andy Yamashita to cover UNLV and the WNBA’s Aces. Sam Gordon moved to a columnist/enterprise role.
- MLB Network parted ways with reporters Richard Justice and Ken Rosenthal.
- The Philadelphia Inquirer added Alex Coffey to cover the Phillies. Sam Carchidi announced that he accepted a buyout to leave the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he covered the Flyers.
- The Salt Lake Tribune added Kevin Reynolds and Alex Vejar to cover BYU.
- Sporting News added Erika Fernandez as senior social media producer and Stephen Noh as an NBA writer.
