Janet Frankston Lorin moves on to Bloomberg

Janet Frankston, who joined the Beacon Journal after finishing graduate school at Columbia University in 1996 and left sometime in 2000 for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is moving on to a new posiition.

Here’s the story-- intercepted in an email from her:

I have lots of news to report. I am switching jobs to work for Bloomberg, writing enterprise stories about higher education. The beat is focusing on elite schools, digging into issues of endowments, financial aid and trends to interest Bloomberg's wealthy customers.

It's a good fit for me because I enjoy focusing on a subject rather than touching scores of topics with AP. The commute will be much better, 20 to 25 minutes, versus more than an hour to Newark.

And my husband and I are expecting a baby this August. Lots of changes.

Frankston background:

While still in Atlanta, Janet met a doctor from New York City on a blind date, fell in love, got a job heading up AP's Newark office, and got married. With AP, she had to do it all - crime, business, sports. Now she's leaving for Bloomberg News in New York to concentrate on specialty reporting. She and her husband live on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, where he practices medicine, so this will be more convenient - especially since they're expecting an addition to the family.

Googling to see what else we could find on Janet, we came up with Janet’s wedding story published October 22, 2006 in the New York Times:

Janet Frankston, Scott Lorin

Janet Robin Frankston and Dr. Scott Michael Lorin were married last evening at Scandinavia House in New York. Rabbi David Gaffney officiated.

Mrs. Lorin, 33, is the administrative correspondent of The Associated Press office in Newark, where she is a reporter and manages the five-person bureau. She graduated from Columbia, where she also received a master’s degree in journalism. She is a member of the Columbia College board of visitors and is the chairwoman of Columbia College Women, a group of alumnae who mentor students. She is a daughter of Barbara and Fred Frankston of Skokie, Ill.

Dr. Lorin, 37, is an assistant professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary and critical care at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is the program director of the pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Mount Sinai and is an associate program director of its internal medicine residency program. He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton and received a medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv. He is a son of Claire and Leonard Lorin of Great Neck, N.Y.

Want to read more: Click here to read an AP story about her wedding cake.