Executive editor Stanberry departs Fortune
Lindsey Stanberry, an executive editor at Fortune, has left after 16 months. During her tenure, she launched four new verticals — Success, Personal Finance, Recommends and Well. She also oversaw the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For and the Fortune 25 Best Places to Live for Families list. Stanberry also co-chaired Fortune’s inaugural Impact […]
Barron’s hires Leonhardt as senior economics writer
Barron’s has hired Megan Leonhardt from Fortune magazine to be a senior economics writer. At Fortune, she has been covering the intersection of policy and finance for the past two years. Leonhardt has also been a senior money reporter at CNBC. She was also a writer at Money. She was also an associate editor, and then served as […]
Fortune seeks a Europe business reporter
Fortune is hiring a reporter to cover the day’s biggest business and economic news in Europe out of its bureau in London. This reporter will file breaking news and analysis. They should be comfortable handling a mixture of stories, pursuing original reporting, and pitching, researching, interviewing, and writing on tight deadlines. Strong, relevant, and engaging […]
Deadline club names finalists in biz reporting categories
The finalists that were selected from the entries to the Deadline Club’s 2023 Awards Contest in the business journalism categories are listed below. Winners will be announced at the Club’s annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 18, at the Harvard Club. Business Feature Bustle “Last Girlboss Standing” Courtney Rubin, Kat Stoeffel, Charlotte Owen Fortune “Private […]
Fortune nearly doubled pageviews in 2022
Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murray sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: Hello Fortune team! As we continue to spring forward through 2023, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the amazing audience growth we’ve achieved over the past few years—a trend we plan to continue! On Fortune.com, we saw 90% […]
Museum of American Finance to honor Fortune’s Loomis
The Museum of American Finance, the nation’s only independent museum dedicated to finance and financial history, will honor the achievements of Fortune magazine journalist Carol Loomis at its annual gala on March 13. Loomis will receive a special recognition honor for her groundbreaking contributions to the field of financial journalism and unprecedented 60-year tenure at Fortune magazine. […]
Media Movers: Barron’s editor at large Andy Serwer
Is it OK to label Andy Serwer as American journalism royalty? After all, he spent decades at Fortune magazine writing about the likes of President Bill Clinton, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Starbucks magnate Howard Schultz and billionaire investor Warren Buffett. As a cub journalist, I watched amazed as he deftly maneuvered between print, digital and […]
Carpenter joins new digital news organization as team leader
Jacob Carpenter has joined Houston Landing, a new accountability- and community-focused digital news organization as a team leader. Previously, Carpenter worked as a freelance newsletter writer for Fortune’s Data Sheet, a daily newsletter focused on the business of tech, and The Trust Factor, a weekly newsletter exploring the nexus of business and trust. He was […]
Fortune promotes Lutz to executive director of editorial growth
Fortune has promoted Ashley Lutz as executive director of editorial growth. Lutz has been director of social and audience since 2021. Lutz previously was at Leaf Group as its director of content and audience development in the performance brands and partners department. She had been editor in chief of The Points Guy and a vice president at parent company Red Ventures. She […]
Fortune reports strong readership, social media growth in 2022
Fortune editor in chief Alyson Shontell shared the following with the staff: – 50 colleagues joined the fortune newsroom in 2022. We had members join us from all over, including CNBC, NYT, Quartz, Reuters, Insider CNN and Forbes – We successfully returned to live events, including a new event — the Impact Initiative — plus the […]
