Birmingham Business Journal reporter Laurel Thrailkill has left the American City Business Journals publication to become a program content specialist at Colorado Access in Denver.

She joined the Business Journal in May 2022 to cover health, tech and innovation.

Thrailkill previously was a multimedia journalist for the Hattiesburg American and Clarion Ledger in Mississippi. While there she developed stories based on assignments or independently sourced leads through research and investigative work. She began that role in 2020.

She interned at the Picayune Item in Picayune, Mississippi, and worked a staff reporter for University of Southern Mississippi’s The Student Printz.