Joel Russell

About

Business journalists should love business -- and I do! I love the entrepreneurial spirit that solves problems while turning a profit. It’s fascinating how people create wealth. Luckily, my jobs have allowed me to witness the process firsthand, both at the companies I worked for and the people and startups I covered, most recently with a two-year stint at the award-winning real estate website The Real Deal. Skills: * Managing reporters, designers and web developers to post breaking news stories on multiple websites daily. * Writing more than 100 headlines a month and posting stories, using newsletters and SEO methodology to maximize audience. * Broad knowledge of real estate, finance, proptech and brokerage industries. Previously, I served as editor at the San Fernando Valley Business Journal in Los Angeles. The job developed my skills in managing a news production operation from top to bottom and directing the editorial direction. Skills: * Won best small business journal in the nation four out of five years * Project manager for multiple special reports and annual lists, as well as events and speeches * Meticulous copyeditor and fact-checker, ensuring accuracy in financial and B2B news Early in my career, I was media and advertising reporter at Los Angeles Business Journal, a senior editor at the monthly Hispanic Business and the editor of Mexico City-based Business Mexico magazine. Skills: * Award-winning writer of more than 700 business, media and tech stories * Strong, cross-cultural communicator – particularly under stressful deadline pressure * Fluent in Spanish (written & verbal)