These are people who were “On the Move” during March 2020. They have made professional moves in sports media.
If there was a move in your department or you made a move during March that is not included, you can contact Erik Hall at hallerik7@gmail.com.
- Jonathan Andrade announced he was laid off as a high school sports reporter at The Acorn Newspapers in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
- Michael Baron was laid off as sports editor at The Calhoun (Georgia) Times.
- Josh Bean left his sports reporter role at AL.com for a job outside of journalism.
- Beau Bearden said he was laid off as a sports reporter at the Kingsman (Arizona) Miner.
- Bill Bilinski retired as sports editor at the South Bend (Indiana) Tribune.
- Chris Boan was laid off by the Times Media Groups.
- Bobby Burack announced his departure from The Big Lead.
- Jac Collinsworth returned to NBC to cover the Olympics, NFL and Notre Dame football. He was most recently with ESPN.
- Nick Felice joined the Finger Lake Times in Geneva, N.Y., as a sports reporter.
- Tucker Franklin said he was laid off as sports editor at The Maryville (Missouri) Daily Forum.
- Brian Hofmann announced his departure from the sports department at The Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio.
- Randy Kindred retired as sports columnist at the Bloomington (Illinois) Pantagraph.
- Corey Kirk joined the Baker City (Oregon) Herald as sports editor.
- Michael Lananna accepted a new role covering South Carolina athletics at The State in Columbia, S.C.
- Grant McGalliard announced he was laid off as a sports reporter at the Hood County News in Granbury, Texas.
- Morgan McMullen was laid off as sports editor at The Vinton (Iowa) Eagle.
- Matthew Narvaiz announced he was laid off as a sports reporter at The Taos (New Mexico) News.
- Robert Rimpson joined FOX 4 Kansas City as a sports producer.
- Omari Sankofa II announced he joined The Detroit Free Press to cover the Pistons.
- Joe Scalzo said he’s departing his sports reporter role at The Repository in Canton, Ohio.
- Kevin L. Smith said he was temporarily laid off as sports editor at the Palladium-Times in Oswego, N.Y.
- David Teel joined the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch as a sports columnist. He was previously with The Daily Press in Newport News, Va.
- Hannah Underwood started covering Texas A&M for The Dallas Morning News.
- Deadspin re-launched with Jim Rich as editor, Carron J. Phillips as senior writer/editor, Sam Fels as a writer, and Jesse Spector as a writer.
- ESPN added Katherine White in a new role. Harry Lyles Jr. joined ESPN from SB Nation.
- Flagrant Magazine was launched by Editor-In-Chief Ashtyn Butuso, Creative Directors Brazilia Morales and Bethany Marrie Ito, and Director of Design Alex Haigh to cover basketball.
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette moved Mike Persak to the Pittsburgh Pirates beat and Nubyjas Wilborn to the Penn State beat.
- Sports Illustrated announced layoffs that included Chris Ballard, Jack Dickey, Kalyn Kahler, Sarah Kwak, Laken Litman and Tom Mantzouranis.
- The Tampa Bay Times laid off sports editor Mike Sherman and high school sports reporter Rodney Page.
