These are people who were “On the Move” during June 2019. They have made professional moves in sports media.
If there was a move in your department or you made a move during June that is not included, you can contact Erik Hall at hallerik7@gmail.com.
- Gerry Ahern took a position at Gambling.com Group as Director of North American Content.
- Nate Atkins left his role covering the Detroit Lions for MLive.
- Will Backus took the sports editorial assistant position with the Knoxville (Tennessee) News Sentinel.
- Elena Bergeron joined the New York Times as assistant sports editor.
- Jordan Bishop moved from sports reporter to assistant news editor at the Stillwater (Oklahoma) News Press.
- John Bohnenkamp revealed his layoff as a sports reporter at The Hawk Eye in Burlington, Iowa.
- Chris Bumbaca joined USA Today as a trending sports reporter.
- Shelton Burch resigned as sports editor at the Dodge City (Kansas) Daily Globe to pursue a job outside of journalism.
- Trenton Daeschner announced he joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to cover sports.
- Sean Deveney left his position as an NBA reporter at The Sporting News.
- Wesley Dotson took a sports reporter position at the Index-Journal in Greenwood, South Carolina.
- Tyler Dragon joined the Cincinnati Enquirer to cover the Bengals.
- Francis Ellis and Barstool Sports parted ways.
- Harrison Epstein accepted a sports reporter position with the Douglas (Wyoming) Budget.
- Tom Firme became sports editor of The Poteau (Oklahoma) Daily News.
- Mike Griffith retired, ending his 42-year career covering sports for The Bakersfield Californian.
- Michael Guise left the Idaho State Journal as sports reporter to become a digital web producer for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.
- DeAngelo Hall took an analyst position with NFL Network.
- Elton Hayes moved to CNHI to cover Penn State athletics. He was previously at the Meridian (Mississippi) Star.
- Drew Hill moved to covering Memphis basketball for The Daily Memphian.
- Garrick Hodge joined the Columbus (Mississippi) Dispatch as sports editor/Mississippi State reporter.
- Monica Holland received a promotion to sports editor at the Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer.
- Ashley Hufford accepted a position with Yahoo Sports Canada as senior producer of video and podcast. She was previously with Bleacher Reporter.
- Kevin Kenney took over as sports editor of the South Pasadena (California) Review.
- Kevin Kietzman and Sports Radio 810 in Kansas City parted ways, according to Awful Announcing.
- Nolan King joined MMA Junkie as a reporter.
- Bryant Lilley announced he left the Lenoir (North Carolina) News-Topic as a sports reporter to work for a lacrosse apparel company.
- Allan Maki announced his retirement as sports reporter from The Globe and Mail in Toronto, Ontario.
- Justin Martinez joined the Las Cruces (New Mexico) Sun-News to cover New Mexico State men’s basketball and high school sports.
- Nicholas Reid Maus left his sports editor position at The Times Bulletin in Van Wert, Ohio.
- Rick McCann saw his sports editor position eliminated at the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington, West Virginia.
- Bret McCormick accepted a general assignment reporter position with Sports Business Journal.
- Alex McDaniel joined SB Nation as a deputy editor.
- John McGonigal moved from covering Penn State for the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, to covering Pitt for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Mike Miller left the Bloomington (Indiana) Herald-Times as a sports reporter.
- Vin Mercogliano moved to the Asbury Park Press as New York Rangers analyst.
- John Molinaro tweeted that he was laid off by Sportsnet.
- Ron Moshier retired as sports editor of the Utica (New York) Observer-Dispatch.
- Connor Morrissette joined Scorebook Live to cover high school sports. He was previously with SoCal Prep Insider.
- Jeff Neiburg took a sports enterprise reporter role with the Delaware News Journal.
- Marc Nesseler announced the end of his tenure covering sports at the Dispatch-Argus in East Moline, Illinois.
- Michael Sanserino joined The Athletic Pittsburgh as managing editor.
- Chris Schad announced his resignation as sports editor at the Dodge County Independent in Kasson, Minnesota.
- Scott Sewell was named assistant sports editor at the Sumter (South Carolina) Item.
- Kelli Stacy announced her departure from the Hartford (Connecticut) Courant as a sports reporter.
- Ben Standig joined The Athletic to cover the NBA and NFL in Washington, D.C.
- Danielle Stein moved to CBS 19 in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a sports reporter.
- Dana Sulonen left her role as deputy sports editor at the Detroit Free Press.
- Bryan Toporek accepted a role with Forbes covering the Philadelphia 76ers and the salary cap.
- Hayden Tucker departed from the Yukon (Oklahoma) Review. He took on the sports editor role at the Jenks (Oklahoma) Tribune.
- Terrin Waack joined NASCAR as senior coordinator, digital editorial. She was previously with the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News.
- Eric Walker moved from sports editor to news editor at the Mayfield (Kentucky) Messenger.
- Kristian Winfield joined the New York Daily News as senior NBA journalist. He was previously with SB Nation.
- Chris Zadorozny announced his departure as assistant sports editor at the Holland (Michigan) Sentinel for a communications job.
- Brad Zimanek left his position as sports editor at the Montgomery Advertiser to become a pastor.
- The Athletic Boxing added Rafe Bartholomew, Mike Coppinger, and Lance Pugmire as reporters.
- The Athletic Business hired Kavitha A. Davidson, Alicia Jessop, Daniel Kaplan, Diamond Leung, Bill Shea, Wendy Thurm and Daniel Wallach
- The Athletic MMA brought on Chad Dundas, Ben Fowlkes, Josh Gross, Chuck Mindenhall, Fernanda Prates and Dann Stupp as reporters. Griffin Adams joined The Athletic MMA as an editor.
- The Charlotte Observer saw Brendan Marks start covering the Carolina Panthers after Jourdan Rodrigue left her position as Carolina Panthers beat reporter.
- ESPN added Bill Connelly, previously of SB Nation, to cover college football. Kelly Cohen joined ESPN as a general assignment reporter. Brian Macdonald joined ESPN as director of sports analytics. Marcel Louis-Jacques, previously the Carolina Panthers reporter for the Charlotte Observer, joined ESPN as its Buffalo Bills reporter. Louis-Jacques replaces Mike Rodak. Bob Ley retired after 40 years with ESPN. Kara Lawson left ESPN to join the Boston Celtics.
- The New York Post added Mollie Walker as a sports general assignment reporter and Nick Piastowski became a sports editor.
- The Orlando Sentinel added Julia Poe as MLS and NWSL beat reporter and moved Roy Parry to Orlando Magic beat reporter.
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette put Joshua Axelrod in a digital sports producer role and Sarah Spencer on the Penn State football beat. Dave Molinari left the Post-Gazette as Penguins writer to cover the Penguins for DK Pittsburgh Sports.
