James Kleimann

Co-Founder

Brooklyn, New York, United States15 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of The Mortgage Scoop, a leading industry publication.
Expert in breaking news and investigative reporting.
Proven track record in managing editorial teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a media professional specializing in mortgage industry journalism.

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Skills

Core Skills

Online JournalismNews WritingPodcastingNewslettersPanel ModeratorRecruitingResearch Skills

Other Skills

JournalismEditingSocial MediaCopy EditingBloggingBreaking NewsPublicationsPhotographyVideographyVideo EditingInvestigative ReportingFact-checkingOnline NewsCommunity JournalismGovernment Reports

About

James Kleimann is the founder and editorial director of The Mortgage Scoop, the buzziest publication in the mortgage industry. You should subscribe. He has spent the last decade running newsrooms across nearly every beat in housing. James has earned a reputation for breaking big stories & shedding light on what industry insiders actually say and do, not what they write in press releases. Follow him for exclusive (and actually interesting!) reporting on the mortgage industry, data-driven insights into where the markets are going, the absolute hottest (and coldest?) takes, as well as some occasional memes. Have a tip? Or just wanna complain about something? Email him at james@themortgagescoop.com. James lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two kids and an enormous Maine Coon cat named PF Chang.

Experience

15 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

9 mos

Current Experience

The mortgage scoop

Founder and Editorial Director

Jul 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Brooklyn, NY · On-site

Building a radically different media company for mortgage industry insiders.

Online JournalismNews Writing

Housingwire

2 roles

Managing Editor

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Jul 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Responsible for managing and directing the newsroom of HousingWire, the nation’s premier source of news and analysis for the mortgage, real estate, appraisal and title industries. As managing editor, I assign and edit breaking news, analysis and longform stories. I work on my own in-depth features and investigative stories, and I also author a highly-read newsletter for mortgage professionals called LendingLife. I appear regularly on podcasts to discuss all things housing.

PodcastingNewsletters

Mortgage editor

Aug 2020 – Dec 2020 · 4 mos

Responsible for producing deeply reported stories on the mortgage beat, spanning origination, servicing and regulation. I also produced a highly-read thrice-weekly newsletter called LendingLife, edited stories and appeared on podcasts and webinars.

PodcastingNewsletters

The real deal

2 roles

Managing Web Editor

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

Led an award-winning team of 20 reporters, producers, digital artists and editors on the real estate beat. Responsible for editing and directing investigations, features and breaking news across various markets, including New York, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles. Was the primary hiring manager for editorial department. Spearheaded the launch of new editorial products and verticals, including newsletters and coverage on technology, construction and the mortgage industry.

PodcastingPanel Moderator

Deputy Web Editor

Jul 2015 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Greater New York City Area

Managed day-to-day news operations for TRD's flagship New York website. Responsible for assigning and editing enterprise reporting, breaking news and multimedia packages from over a dozen reporters and producers. Led new initiatives, hired editorial staffers and liaised with editors and reporters in other markets.

Panel ModeratorRecruiting

Nj.com

Supervising Reporter

Oct 2013 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bergen County, NJ

Managed a team of four digital-first reporters and helped develop beats encompassing real estate, business, politics, crime and education across three of the state’s largest counties, Bergen, Passaic and Hudson.
As a player-coach, was responsible for assigning and editing breaking news, features and investigative pieces across multiple mediums while also producing own reporting.
Managed local news division when supervisor was absent and functioned as lead site editor six weekends per year. Increased pageviews in coverage area by over 250 percent and was a top-performing content producer in the company.

Research Skills

Patch.com

Editor of Ridgewood-Glen Rock Patch, Englewood-Englewood Cliffs Patch

Aug 2010 – Aug 2013 · 3 yrs · Ridgewood, NJ

Served as a reporter, editor, photographer, videographer, social media manager for two AOL-Patch sites in Bergen County, New Jersey. Wrote news articles on crime, politics, education, business, arts, sports and everything in between. Headed investigations that led to significant changes in public policy, broke national news stories and became the primary source of local information for the community.

Research Skills