Posted By Sam Allard on Tue, May 18, 2021 at 12:44 PM click to enlarge The Plain Dealer Plaza at 1801 Superior Avenue Rich Exner, Cleveland.com's enterprising data journalist who has been responsible for some of the publication's most important and illuminating work in recent years, including his popular Coronavirus mapping, has been promoted. Exner announced on social media Tuesday that he would be moving into an editor role, overseeing a team of reporters on various business and economic development beats. Twitter profile update: Same place, different role .. after 14 years as the data guy @clevelanddotcom & Plain Dealer, switched this week to editor of great team of reporters covering biz, real estate, travel, architecture, regional planning .. but still a data news geek for sure.— Rich Exner (@RichExner) May 18, 2021