Wirecutter hires Shy as editorial director
Wirecutter editor in chief Ben Frumin sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m delighted to announce that Leta Shy is joining Wirecutter as an editorial director! Leta is an exceptionally talented editorial leader. She has had a long and decorated career as a health and fitness journalist, including at Condé Nast, where she had a seven-year run […]
Brown promoted to senior reporter at Phoenix Biz Journal
Brandon Brown has been promoted to senior reporter at the Phoenix Business Journal. Brown, who covers multiple beats from sports business to retail/restaurants and hospitality, has nearly a decade’s worth of experience in the Business Journal newsroom. His coverage has been recognized and awarded several times by the Arizona Newspaper Association and the Arizona Press […]
Swisher to receive Lifetime Achievement Webby
Longtime technology journalist Kara Swisher has been awarded the 2024 Webby Lifetime Achievement Award. The Webby Awards are given by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards states: As one of the most recognized voices in technology, media and business, Kara Swisher holds an incomparable career as a veteran tech journalist covering a […]
Berke’s cannabis newsletter nearing 15,000 subscribers
Jeremy Berke, who left Business Insider in late 2022 to start his own daily newsletter, says “Cultivated Daily” is up to nearly 15,000 subscribers. Berke just announced a strategic partnership with Grown In to increase the subscriber base. “Right now, we are focused on growing the list as large as possible, so these are all […]
Parker named Bloomberg ME of economy/government coverage
Mario Parker will become Bloomberg News managing editor of economy/government overseeing coverage of the 2024 election, White House, Congress, and international economics and security, Washington bureau chief Margaret Collins announced Tuesday. Parker was previously White House and politics editor since January 2023, helping Bloomberg News both prepare and cover the Republican presidential primary as well […]
Bloomberg’s Cortez moving to Washington
Bloomberg News global health reporter Michelle Fay Cortez is moving to Washington after spending the last three years in Asia. She was an editor on the health and consumer team in Hong Kong before becoming global health reporter two years ago. She will continue covering health stories in Washington. Cortez has been with Bloomberg since 1992, with […]
Heatmap News hires Brigham to cover climate tech
Heatmap News has hired Katie Brigham to cover climate technology. She previously was a lead producer for CNBC.com, where she worked for five years in the San Francisco bureau. She had been reporting, shooting, scripting and editing 10-20 minute documentary pieces for CNBC’s website, YouTube and other social channels, with a focus on energy, green tech and climate […]
Houston Chronicle seeks a reporter to cover politics and the economy
The Houston Chronicle is looking for an ambitious political reporter to explore the impact of Texas policies on the state’s economy and the people who live here. This is a new beat at the Chronicle and will pick up where political coverage often ends — at the rollout of a bill or executive order. The […]
Gershkovich’s appeal to end pretrial detention rejected
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June after a Moscow court on Tuesday rejected his appeal that sought to end his pretrial detention. The Associated Press reported, “The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was detained in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has spent […]
NOTUS hires former Protocol reporter Kramer
Anna Kramer has been hired as an energy and environmental policy reporter at NOTUS, a nonprofit journalism organization recently launched by the Allbritton Journalism Institute. At Protocol, Kramer was a tech reporter and newsletter producer. Before that, Kramer was working as a business/tech reporter at San Francisco Chronicle covering the pandemic’s effects on workers, small business, […]
