AP looking for an assistant biz editor
The Associated Press Business News Department seeks an assistant business editor for its headquarters in New York City. This editor will primarily manage editors who produce the AP’s financial markets and banking coverage, as well as its Money & Markets product, which appears in hundreds of newspapers and on their websites. The job requires an […]
Biz media say progress made in talks with Labor Department
Business media outlets say they have made progress in talks with the Labor Department in a dispute over how the federal government agency releases economic data to journalists. An Associated Press story states, “Testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Reuters and Bloomberg News officials revealed little detail about the movement they said […]
Atlanta paper hires new commercial real estate reporter
Greg Bluestein, a reporter for the Associated Press in Atlanta, has been hired to cover business at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, business editor Matt Kempner confirmed to Talking Biz News. He will cover commercial real estate and economic development. Bluestein starts May 30. Bluestein is a legal affairs reporter for the Associated Press in Georgia and […]
AP names Korean tech reporter
Youkyung Lee, a reporter who has covered technology, business and politics in South Korea and for overseas publications, has been named technology writer in Seoul for The Associated Press. Stephen Wright, the AP’s Asia business editor, made the announcement Wednesday. An AP story states, “Lee has been a reporter for the English language news service […]
Biz reporter named to AP Beijing post
Didi Tang, a reporter who has covered business and education in Missouri, has been named a correspondent in Beijing for The Associated Press. An AP story states, “A China-born U.S. citizen, Tang, 36, has been a newspaper reporter for a decade in Missouri, most recently for the Springfield News-Leader, where she covered education issues. She […]
AP assistant biz editor leaving for Bloomberg Industries
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter made the following staff announcement Tuesday afternoon: After an 18-year run that started as an editorial assistant in AP’s Trenton bureau, Assistant Business Editor Donna Weston is leaving us for a job at Bloomberg Industries. Donna will be an editor in this data division of Bloomberg that publishes research […]
AP tech reporter joining Bloomberg
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Jordan Robertson, a tech reporter based in San Francisco for the Associated Press, is leaving the wire service to join Bloomberg News. In an email to the staff, AP business editor Hal Ritter wrote, “Sorry to report that Jordan Robertson is leaving us to join Bloomberg News as its lead reporter […]
AP names new financial markets editor
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following announcement about Erin McClam to the staff on Tuesday: It’s a pleasure to announce that Erin will be joining Business News as financial markets editor. He’ll start Jan. 3. Most of you have worked with Erin in his role as Top Stories Desk editor the […]
AP hires Tutt to be Europe biz editor
Phillip Tutt, a veteran financial journalist who has spent the last 12 years at the Financial Times in a variety of editing roles, has been named Europe business editor for The Associated Press. An AP story states, “The appointment was announced Wednesday by AP Business Editor Hal Ritter. “‘Phill Tutt is a terrifically talented editor […]
AP biz writer leaving for Reuters
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff announcement on Thursday: Sorry to report that Michelle Conlin is leaving us for a job at Reuters as an enterprise writer. Michelle has done a lot of good stories for us the past year, and we’ll miss her writerly touch. Perhaps her best story […]
