Kanu departs Reuters for The American Prospect
Reuters legal columnist Hassan Kanu has joined The American Prospect as a staff writer. He joined Reuters in 2020 to write a column about justice and equality under the law. Kanu previously was at Bloomberg BNA since June 2014. He has covered and analyzed court opinions and legal developments related to public employee issues for Daily Labor […]
Personal finance writer Geier departs for software engineering
Personal finance journalist Ben Geier has left journalism and is now studying software engineering. He was at CBS News covering personal finance. He previously was an editor at SmartAsset. He joined in March 2018 as an editor and writer. Before that, he covered all types of breaking news related to business, markets and financial policy at CNNMoney. Before […]
Reuters reporter do Rosario departs for new opportunity
Reuters reporter Jorgelina do Rosario is leaving the news service for a new opportunity. She has been an emerging markets correspondent in London for the last two years. She joined from Bloomberg News in Buenos Aires, where she was an editor and reporter. Before that, she was an economics editor at Infobae, a news website in Argentina that […]
WSJ’s Torry to cover Western U.S. economy
Wall Street Journal reporter Harriet Torry has been tapped to cover the Western U.S. economy for the paper. She will be based in Houston. Torry has been covering the U.S. economy with a focus on consumers from the Washington, D.C., bureau. Previously she covered the Federal Reserve. Torry joined the Journal in Frankfurt in 2010 as a […]
The Economist taps Owen as head of social media
The Economist has named Isobel Owen as its head of social media. Owen has been a senior audience editor helping adapt The Economist’s journalism for social media and other digital platforms. She collaborates with colleagues within the Audience team and across the newsroom to reach new audiences and engage our current subscribers by leading on push alerts. […]
CNN taps Gold to cover media in New York
CNN’s Hadas Gold has moved to New York and is now covering media. She was CNN’s Jerusalem correspondent. Gold reported extensively on the drastic internal political changes happening in Israel, from the unprecedented protest movement against the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul plan, to Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic corruption trial and loss of the premiership in 2021, as well […]
Washington Post names Brown deputy editor of rapid response I-team
The Washington Post announced Monday that Emma Brown will be deputy editor of the rapid-response investigations team. While serving as interim deputy editor of the team this year, Brown shepherded a reconstruction of Ted Leonsis’s decision to move the Washington Wizards and the Capitals to Northern Virginia, resulting in a gripping, behind-the-scenes narrative account of months […]
Darmiento now covering aerospace for LA Times
Los Angeles Times reporter Laurence Darmiento is now on the aerospace beat. He has been covering wealth, deals and dealmakers for the publication. Darmiento joined the Times in 2015 as an assistant business editor. He previously was editor of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. Prior to that, he spent six years as managing editor of the Los Angeles […]
Fortune hires Goldman to cover artificial intelligence
Fortune magazine has hired Sharon Goldman to cover artificial intelligence. She will start this week. Goldman has been a senior reporter at VentureBeat for the past two years. Goldman previously worked as a freelance writer and was published in CIO.com, Business Insider, Adweek, Modern Jeweler, Workspan, and ALM Media/Law.com, among other publications. She is a graduate of George Washington […]
How the FT developed an AI chatbot
Emma Roth and Quentyn Kennemer of The Verge look at the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the Financial Times using content from its articles. Roth and Kennemer write, “It can provide responses to questions about current events, like how much funding Intel received from the US government under the CHIPS Act, as well as broader queries, […]
