At the The News Journal, I'll be covering Delaware's largest county (New Castle) and have a chance to do more in-depth investigative reporting on a statewide scale.
There's a hot U.S. Senate race in Delaware to fill Vice President Joe Biden's old seat that I'll also be helping cover.
I really enjoy my job here in Missouri as the News-Leader's statehouse and politics reporter. But it's a taxing lifestyle of driving back and forth from Springfield to Jefferson City five months a year (those who are married will understand what I mean by that statement).
This new position will afford me the chance to work at a bigger paper, move up in the Gannett Company, live on the East Coast and learn a few new tricks of the trade. My wife already has a few trips to Washington, Philadelphia and Boston planned. Maybe we'll even check out New York City!
I will continue to report from Jefferson City for the News-Leader until the legislative session ends on May 14 (assuming the legislature can pass a balanced budget by then and doesn't plunge into a special session).
Then I'm headed east.
Until then, send me some tips at clivengood@gmail.com.
Thank you everyone for the kind words and feedback on Twitter, Facebook and via email.
-Chad
