Why Wired is embedding videos in stories
Hanaa Tameez of Nieman Lab looks at how Wired and other publications are embedding videos in stories. Tameez writes, “When Wired had six reporters follow a robotaxi from autonomous car company Waymo around San Francisco, for example, associate director of social Evy Kwong took vertical smartphone videos and interspersed them through the piece. In a story about […]
FT’s Harris departs publication
Bryan Harris, the Brazil bureau chief of the Financial Times, has left the publication. Harris plans to launch a Latin America-focused strategic advisory firm. Based out of São Paulo it will be doing due diligence and corporate investigations, geopolitical and business intelligence. He was previously a correspondent in South Korea and worked on the FT’s […]
Bomberger, former Miami biz editor, joins Baton Rouge paper
Paul Bomberger, business editor of the Miami Herald for two years, has been hired as metropolitan editor of The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bomberger will start the job in January 2025 at the news outlet owned by Georges Media Group, the state’s leading news enterprise that also owns the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Acadiana Advocate […]
O’Boyle to cover Mexican finance for Bloomberg
Sally Bakewell, U.S. finance team leader at Bloomberg News, sent out the following on Wednesday: Hi all, We’re delighted to announce that Michael O’Boyle will be joining our team as Mexican finance reporter, starting in January. Michael brings a wealth of knowledge of Mexico’s financial markets, having broken news on everything from the country’s expanding […]
The strategy behind The Verge’s paywall
Nilay Patel, the editor in chief of The Verge, writes about its new paywall. Patel writes, “A few years ago, we decided the only real way to survive all this was to stand apart and bet on our own website so that we could remain independent of these platforms and their algorithms. We didn’t want to […]
Globe and Mail taps Helmore to cover ag and food policy
Ryan Macdonald, senior editor for climate, the environment and resources at The (Toronto) Globe and Mail, sent out the following on Monday: Please welcome back Kate Helmore, who starts today in the newly created beat of Agriculture and Food Policy Reporter. Kate will initially work out of Vancouver, before relocating to Toronto for a year […]
Reuters expands digital subscription to Australia, New Zealand
Reuters has expanded its digital subscription strategy for its website and mobile app to Australia and New Zealand. The subscription plan will be available to users in Australia for A$1.50 and New Zealand for NZ$1.50 a week. There are no introductory offers or surprise price increases. Earlier this year, Reuters launched digital subscriptions in Europe, […]
Reuters seeks a UK finance correspondent
Reuters are seeking a highly-motivated Correspondent to join the UK Finance team. This high-profile role will see you deliver best-in-class coverage of one of the world’s leading financial hubs, from breaking the most significant news stories to agenda-setting analysis and investigative reporting. This is an opportunity to join an award-winning group of reporters and editors covering the top developments across global finance at a […]
Business Insider hires Russolillo as chief news editor
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Wednesday: I’m excited to announce that Steve Russolillo will be joining Business Insider in a new role, as Chief News Editor. Steve is an accomplished, enterprising, and versatile journalist who has worked for most of the last 17 years at The Wall Street Journal. As […]
Dallas Morning News hires David as business editor
Javier David has been hired as the business editor of the Dallas Morning News. He replaces Paul O’Donnell, who left to become a journalism professor at Texas A&M University. David has been business and markets managing editor at Axios. Before that, he was at Yahoo Finance, where he was an editor and editorial lead, wrote a daily […]
