By Erik Hall
These are people who were “On the Move” during May 2019. They have made professional moves in sports media.
If there was a move in your department or you made a move during May that is not included, you can contact Erik Hall at hallerik7@gmail.com.
- Kyle J. Andrews took a position with the Baltimore Sun to cover high school sports.
- AJ Blankenship joined Power Mizzou to cover Missouri basketball recruiting.
- Alan Blinder moved from The New York Times national desk to covering college sports.
- Derek Brightwell accepted the sports editor position at The Advocate-Messenger in Danville, Kentucky.
- Bill Brink became sports enterprise and business reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Shelby Burget announced his sports editor position at the Canton (Illinois) Daily Ledger was eliminated.
- Thorn Compton accepted the sports editor position at the Quincy (Illinois) Herald-Whig. He previously was assistant sports editor at the Times-Republican in Central Iowa.
- Jay Crawford joined Cleveland’s NBC affiliate WKYC as a news anchor. Crawford was previously with ESPN.
- Josh Criswell received a promotion from assistant sports editor to sports editor of the Huntsville (Texas) Item.
- Tom Davis was named regional sports editor for Rust Communications.
- Romando Dixson became sports editor at the Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Luke Garza announced his departure as sports reporter at the Globe Gazette in Mason City, Iowa, to take a job with Amazon.
- Laine Higgins took a sports reporter position with the Wall Street Journal.
- Brock Huard joined FOX as a college football analyst. He was previously with ESPN.
- Keith Jenkins moved to Milwaukee to cover sports for The Associated Press.
- Reina Kempt received a promotion to deputy sports editor at The Baton Rouge (Lousiana) Advocate.
- Jeff Lajoie became the sports editor of the Greenfield (Massachusetts) Recorder. He replaces Jason Butynski, who left to become a teacher.
- Kayla Lombardo joined Softball America as an editor and writer.
- Sloane Martin became the play-by-play voice for the Minnesota Lynx on WCCO radio.
- Ed McGregor was named vice president of content strategy with NBC Sports Chicago. He was previously with ESPN.
- Morgan McMullen became sports editor of the Vinton (Iowa) Newspapers.
- Kirk Minihane joined Barstool Sports.
- Talya Minsberg was named the New York Times assistant sports editor for strategy.
- Matt Overing left his position as sports editor at The Advocate-Messenger in Danville, Kentucky.
- Thomas Pope announced his retirement as sports editor at the Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer.
- Elliott Pratt took over the Western Kentucky athletics beat for the Bowling Green (Kentucky) Daily News. He takes over for Brad Stephens.
- Mark Sanchez joined KNBR to cover the San Francisco Giants. He was previously with the New York Post.
- Calvin Shomaker accepted a sports reporter position with the Camp Lejeune (North Carolina) Globe.
- Kennington Smith took a position covering sports with the Anderson (South Carolina) Independent Mail.
- Cameron Teague joined the Louisville (Kentucky) Courier Journal as Louisville football reporter. He was previously at the Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune.
- Benjamin Wolk retired from sports writing. He was most recently with Auburn Rivals.
- Scott Zucker saw the end of his tenure as sports editor at the Daytona Beach (Florida) News-Journal.
- The Athletic Motorsports added Jordan Bianchi, Jeff Gluck and David Smith as reporters.
- ESPN moved Jake Trotter from covering college sports to covering the Cleveland Browns. He replaces Pat McManamon.
- The Laredo (Texas) Morning Times promoted Jason Mack from assistant sports editor to sports editor. Zach Davis went from the Morning Times’ sports editor to managing editor.
- SoCal Prep Insider laid off reporters Connor Morrissette and Alex Scarr. Morrissette has since joined Scorebook Live as a high school sports reporter.
- The Times-Picayune in New Orleans announced layoffs that included Saints reporter Luke Johnson, LSU reporter Amie Just, Saints reporter Josh Katzenstein and Pelicans reporter Andrew Lopez.
- The Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News laid off sports reporters Ben Jones and Terrin Waack. Waack has since accepted a position as a writer for NASCAR.
