Randyl Drummer is a Seattle-based senior staff writer at CoStar News. An award-winning journalist, Drummer covers commercial real estate in Washington state, British Columbia, Canada, and beyond.Over four decades, Drummer, a California native, has wr...
Randyl Drummer is a Seattle-based senior staff writer at CoStar News. An award-winning journalist, Drummer covers commercial real estate in Washington state, British Columbia, Canada, and beyond.
Over four decades, Drummer, a California native, has written about the impact of evolving technology, cultural and business trends on real estate and public policy across North America. He was the first digital editor for The Press-Enterprise, the largest daily newspaper and website covering Southern California’s Inland Empire, served as editor of The Business Press, a weekly business journal published by The Press-Enterprise.
Randy helped launch the GlobeSt.com real estate website and served a memorable year in the late 1980s as legislative aide to a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He has won several first-place awards as a reporter and editor in annual competitions sponsored by the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) and the Inland Empire chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Randy is a California State University, Fullerton graduate, a news, history and travel junkie and a lifelong L.A. sports fan.
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