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Brad Kane

Brad Kane is the Editor for Worcester Business Journal. Kane came to Worcester from its sister publication Hartford Business Journal, where he most recently served as managing editor. Kane talked his way onto HBJ’s staff in May 2010, previously working as a Boston Globe correspondent and a staff writer for the Patriot Ledger in Quincy. In another journalism life, he covered local politics in northern Ohio and southwest Florida. Kane has been honored for his work by the Alliance of Area Business Publications, the Florida Press Club, Ohio Associated Press and the National Society of Professional Journalists. He graduated from The Ohio State University, with an honor’s degree in journalism. He lives a calm, sleep-filled life in Wilbraham, Mass. with his wife, five young children and Texas heeler. In his 42 minutes of weekly free time, Kane runs the sidewalks, streets and trails of Western Massachusetts.

WBJ Podcast: COVID-19, through the eyes of an intern

Devina Bhalla, a junior at Tufts University in Medford and an editorial intern at Worcester Business Journal, joins the WBJ Podcast to discuss how the world for the emerging workforce has turned upside down in the past four months.

WBJ Podcast: How to create an anti-racist business

Since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests throughout the world, YWCA Central Massachusetts has seen increased interest in its Racial Equity Education workshops.

Uxbridge marijuana startup’s advice to would-be entrepreneurs: Stay lean

In an interview on the WBJ Podcast, the co-founders of Uxbridge cannabis startup Blackstone Valley Naturals said the key to surviving Massachusetts' long and expensive regulatory process is to stay as lean as possible.

WBJ Podcast: A marijuana startup’s two-year fight to open its doors

After meeting in the Colorado marijuana industry, Kevin MacConnell & Tim Phillips set out to start an Uxbridge cannabis company, creating custom marijuana products for dispensaries.
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WBJ Podcast: President Pedraja on QCC’s online-only fall semester

Unlike nearly every other Central Massachusetts college and university, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester is not reopening its campus for the fall semester, instead choosing to have all of its class online, with only a handful of exceptions.

🔒The WooSox’s first season should be 2022

When officials from the City of Worcester and the Pawtucket Red Sox gleefully announced in August 2018 the minor league baseball team would move to the Canal District, the planned inaugural season of 2021 seemed like a long way off. Now, it is just around the corner.

🔒Q&A: Former Worcester Magazine reporter Bill Shaner takes a stab at independent news gathering

After two of his opinion columns were not allowed to be published, Bill Shaner quit GateHouse and started his own Worcester news opinion website.

No danger Mechanics Hall closes permanently, executive director says

During an interview on the WBJ Podcast, the executive director of Mechanics Hall in Worcester says the historic venue will reopen at some point, despite closing on June 19 and saying it might not be able to afford to reopen until 2021.
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WBJ’s virtual Business Leader of the Year awards event set for 4 p.m.

Worcester Business Journal's award ceremony for the 2020 Business Leaders of the Year and the WBJ Hall of Fame will be held virtually, for the first time ever, at 4 p.m. today. Among the winners are manufacturers from Framingham, Devens and Worcester.

WBJ Podcast: The new West African eatery in Worcester Public Market

Emmanuel Larbi joins the podcast to talk about the exciting new developments in the Canal District around the market, the uniqueness of Ghanaian food, how coronavirus impacted his plans, and how entrepreneurs can play a role in the push for racial justice.
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