John McCandless John McCandless, “the face of Toyota in Detroit” for 20 years, has retired and opened Road Reports to provide “confidential consulting to domestic and international clients in the automotive industry,” the long-time communications pro said. He became Toyota’s Midwest Regional Communications Manager in 1990 and at retirement was National Manager for Field Operations,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Lane Changes
Lane Changes: November-December 2010
Geri Tucker becomes the new editor in charge of auto coverage for USA Today on Nov.15. New to the auto world, she has been playing “catch up” the past weeks before stepping in to coordinate the work of Jim Healey, Fred Meier and Chris Woodyard. Tucker can be reached at gtucker@usatoday.com. . . . Suzuki… Continue Reading
Lane Changes
John Matras is not changing lanes but the veteran autowriter and photographer is looking for a few more roads to explore while considering a re-launch of his CarBuzzard web site, and blog the erstwhile home of car reviews current and past. (He had them all) He continues to write for the Examiner from his Tannersville,… Continue Reading
Lane Changes: Fedorak, Merx, Clotheir, Sutter and more
Alex Fedorak is no longer with KIA Motors where he was PR director. He can be reached at afedorak@verizon.net and 949-697-5803. . . . Automotive reporter Katie Merx has departed Bloomberg News’ Southfield, Mich. office and Mark Clotheir has joined Bloomberg there.. . . Josh Pichler is now the executive business editor for print and… Continue Reading
Lane Changes: June 2010
Aaron Gold has been named a consulting producer for the upcoming TopGear/USA which premiers this fall on The History Channel. He will continue as About.com’s guide to cars. . . .Jeff Johnston, long-time RV and trailer-towing guru, is now associate producer and co-host of Rollin On TV, www.rollinontv.com a new cable-distribution TV show about RVs… Continue Reading