MarketWatch.com seeks media and money reporter

MarketWatch seeks a media industry reporter to cover the vicious competition for eyeballs in an era of shriveling attention spans and infinite choice. This reporter will seek stories at the intersection of media and money, chronicling the changing landscape as legacy film, TV, and print companies face off against tech giants. The right candidate possesses […]

MarketWatch hires Hankin to cover cryptocurrencies

MarketWatch.com has hired Aaron Hankin as a reporter covering blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. He started on Monday. Hankin previously was a staff writer at Investopedia covering everything from company news to macro-economic trends. After nine years in banking, Hankin turned to reporting, graduating from New York University with a Master’s in Business and Economic Reporting. […]

How MarketWatch’s Saefong has covered commodities for 20 years

MarketWatch.com reporter Myra Saefong writes about how she came to cover commodities for the financial news website for 20 years. Saefong writes, “I was hired as a newswire operator to help distribute financial news and commodity reports to customers for a third-party client. “As part of my duties, I was required to arrive in the office promptly […]

Callaway remembers legend Marshall Loeb

David Callaway, the CEO of TheStreet.com, writes about legendary business journalist Marshall Loeb, who died Saturday at the age of 88. Callaway writes, “The founder of modern business journalism, who died this past weekend at 88, built his lasting legacy at Time, Fortune, and Money magazines. Late in life, he was a columnist for CBS MarketWatch, where I had the good […]

MarketWatch.com seeks a bitcoin reporter

MarketWatch seeks a reporter to cover bitcoin, blockchain, and the wealth of nationless finance. Tackling what’s undoubtedly the most fascinating, if confounding, beats in business journalism, this reporter will decode the world of cryptocurrencies for a general audience of investors and curious consumers, shedding light on its potential as both an asset and as a […]

Barron’s reporter Bary moving to MarketWatch

Barron’s reporter Emily Bary sent out the following message on Tuesday: Dear Barron’s family, Today is my last day on this end of the fourth floor. Tomorrow I head down the hall to become a tech reporter for Marketwatch, where I’ll be covering Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, and other hardware companies. I began my career at Barron’s in […]

MarketWatch’s mission: The democratization of financial information

MarketWatch.com editor Jeremy Olshan writes about the financial news site’s mission on its 20th anniversary. Olshan writes, “MarketWatch was born in an act of rebellion. In 1997 it was radical to ask why real-time market data, news and analysis should only be available to those wealthy enough to fork over thousands of dollars in fees. […]

MarketWatch IPO reporter Huston hired by Broadway News

Caitlin Huston, who covered startups and initial public offerings for MarkeWatch.com, has been hired to be editor in chief of Broadway News. The full site for Broadway News, which covers news from the theater business, will launch soon. It’s from the same operation that produces the Broadway Briefing daily email newsletter. Huston had been at MarketWatch […]

What’s behind MarketWatch’s Moneyologist column?

Quentin Fottrell is the personal finance editor at MarketWatch, where he is also the Moneyologist columnist, answering personal finance questions from readers. Fottrell is the former Ireland correspondent for Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. He was born in Dublin and studied psychology in University College Dublin and journalism in University College Galway. Fottrell once wrote a weekly radio review column […]

MarketWatch.com reporter Berman wins Birger award

Jillian Berman, 28, a New York-based reporter for MarketWatch.com, is the 2017 winner of the Larry Birger Young Business Journalist contest, honoring journalists younger than 30. It is the fourth year of the competition. The past winners were William Alden, Cezary Podkul and Mina Kimes. Additionally this year, the judging panel chose to honor two […]