WSJ shifting Asia ops to Singapore, layoffs occurring
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday: Today we announced changes to the Asia operations of The Wall Street Journal. Some of these changes are structural: We are bringing together our business, finance and economics coverage. Some are geographic: We are shifting our center of gravity in the region from […]
Is it a news organization, or a hedge fund?
Clare Malone of The New York writes about Hunterbrook, which is using reporting from journalists to trade in the market. Malone writes, “Hunterbrook employs three full-time ‘investigators,’ two of whom have backgrounds not as journalists but as intelligence analysts. Murray, the former Wall Street Journal editor, runs a weekly editorial meeting. But it is Reid who […]
Awards editor Coates is leaving The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter awards editor Tyler Coates is leaving the news organization. His last day will be May 10. He has covered the Oscars and Emmys races since 2019. Before joining The Hollywood Reporter, Coates was a senior culture editor at Esquire, the founding deputy editor at Decider and a deputy editor at Flavorwire. His writing has […]
Purkess promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun
Laura Purkess has been promoted to consumer features editor at The Sun. She will maintain her Consumer Champion role. She was previously consumer champion and senior consumer reporter at The Sun. Prior to that she was a reporter for Money Mail at The Daily Mail for a year, having previously been news editor at Citywire […]
Ferrier, senior biz reporter at Coloradoan, is retiring
Pat Ferrier, senior business reporter at the Coloradoan in Fort Collins, is retiring after 23 years at the newspaper. She has covered business, growth and development, health care, and the economy. Ferrier writes, “When Coloradoan editor Dave Greiling called me in 2002 about becoming his business editor, I thought he’d lost his mind. I’d never read […]
TheStreet.com hires Gittens as anchor
Financial news site TheStreet.com has hired Conway Gittens as an anchor and video producer. His most recent job was managing editor of Fintech.TV. Gittens also spent 25 years at Reuters as a correspondent for its video operations, which he left in December 2021. He is a graduate of LIU-Brooklyn and a board member of the New York […]
Loyola of Maryland creates biz journalism minor
The economics and communication departments at Loyola of Maryland have created an interdisciplinary minor for business journalism. Abby Hill of The Greyhound writes, “As a part of the communication department, Professor Rob Terry teaches the business journalism course here at Loyola. Prof. Terry has worked at the Baltimore Business Journal, Washington Business Journal, and a business […]
Bloomberg, AppliedXL launch AI-powered biotech news feed
Bloomberg and AppliedXl have launched an artificial intelligence-powered real-time news feed covering biotech for terminal clients. Bloomberg terminal users will be alerted to issues in clinical trials of new drugs and other events that may move the markets. They will also get analysis of how those issues impact an individual company as well as related […]
Crain’s Chicago seeks an AME of news
Crain’s Chicago Business is a leading source of news, analysis, and information on the business, economic, political, and civic landscape of Chicago. For over four decades, we have been providing insightful coverage that impacts the local business community. As we continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced News Editor to join our dynamic team […]
FT’s Agenda hires Sandler as associate editor
Emma Sandler has been hired as associate editor at Agenda, a publication under the FT Specialist division of the Financial Times company. Agenda covers corporate governance, and Sandler covers shareholder proposals and agreements, activist investors, and shareholder relations. Previously, she worked at Glossy, under Digiday Media, between 2018 and 2024 where she was the beauty […]
