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.
Despite the economic recession amid the coronavirus pandemic, executives from JPMorgan Chase, who are growing their presence in Central Massachusetts, are saying both Greater Worcester and the nation as a whole have good reasons for economic optimism.
Joining the WBJ Podcast are two of this year's winners: Kate Marquis from her company Lilac & Oak in North Brookfield, and Abed Hamid from Charlton manufacturer KARL STORZ Endovision.
This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an international crisis.
The senior business lending office for Webster Five bank joins The Weekly Business Report to discuss the bank's backing of the Broadway Hospitality Group's two-story, rooftop restaurant.
Galaxy Life Sciences, a sister company to the developer of the Trolley Yard retail complex in Worcester, on Friday evening announced plans to spend at least $50 million to develop a biomanufacturing facility at the 46-acre Worcester life sciences campus The Reactory.
Worcester science museum EcoTarium announced Friday it will lose 24 staff positions when it closes for the fall and winter on Sept. 4, as it struggles with reduced revenue in the coronavirus pandemic.
In this episode of the podcast The Weekly Business Report, the CEO of Hanover Insurance Group and the CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care interview each other for a new recurring WBJ feature called Executive to Executive.
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.
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.