Debtwire hires Fu to cover private credit
Debtwire has hired Lisa Fu as a reporter to cover private credit. She has been at AdvisorHub as an associate editor. She previously was covering private debt for Refinitiv LPC. Before that, she had been at FundFire, a Financial Times publication, for nearly three years. Previously, Fu was with PEI – Alternative Insight working as a PERE Americas […]
LaForest departs Automotive News for new opportunity
Audrey LaForest, the Washington, D.C., reporter at Automotive News, where she covers automotive policy and regulation, is leaving for a new opportunity. Prior to this role, she was a reporter at Plastics News, a weekly trade newspaper also owned by Crain Communications, where she tackled the automotive and machinery beats. Previously, she was the associate editor […]
Dow Jones CEO Latour: Gershkovich talks “a very intense effort”
Ryan Lizza of Politico spoke with Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour about its efforts to free imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Here is an excerpt: What is the current status of the U.S. government’s efforts to bring Evan home and how has this played out over the past year? Without speaking for the administration […]
Austin biz journalist Hawkins dies at 57
Austin American-Statesman reporter Lori Hawkins, who chronicled business news for the publication for more than three decades, died Thursday after complications from a medical procedure. She was 57. Michael Barnes of the American-Statesman reports, “Hawkins’ byline appeared regularly in this newspaper for 30 years. Always ahead of the news curve, she documented the advance of high […]
How the WSJ is keeping Gershkovich in the news
Sarah Scire of Nieman Lab writes about how The Wall Street Journal’s strategy is keeping jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich in the news. Scire writes, “Gráinne McCarthy, chief digital editor, international for the Journal, is part of the team working to free Gershkovich. She talked about the strategy behind what the Journal calls its ‘activations’ for Gershkovich from the […]
Bloomberg Government’s Scott is retiring
Dean Scott, a senior reporter at Bloomberg Government, is retiring after 35 years in journalism. His most recent assignment was covering Congress. Scott previously spent more than 20 years covering climate issues for Bloomberg BNA. He reported on U.S. and international climate change policies, programs, and initiatives on global warming and related energy issues. Before […]
Tech CEOs avoid the media by going to this friendly podcaster
Ellen Huet of Bloomberg News writes about how many tech CEOs go to friendly podcaster Lex Fridman instead of the news media to get their messages out. Huet writes, “The tech industry has in recent years sought more ways to ‘go direct’ — that is, to get talking points out into the world without having to […]
KFF Health promotes Wayne to executive editor
KFF Health News is promoting managing editor Alex Wayne to executive editor, replacing the retiring Damon Darlin. It had hired Wayne from last year to be managing editor for health policy and politics. Wayne has been at Bloomberg since April 2010, originally as a national health care reporter covering the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He […]
Germain departing Gizmodo for BBC News
Gizmodo senior reporter Thomas Germain is leaving the technology news site to become a tech reporter for BBC News. He has been covering privacy, advertising technology and algorithms for Gizmodo. Germain had previously been at Consumer Reports and had been covering privacy, digital rights and life on the internet. He interned at Consumer Reports while in college. […]
WSJ’s Tucker: Gershkovich shows importance of free press
CNN’s Oliver Darcy interviewed Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker and jailed Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Darcy writes, “‘What people can do is keep Evan front of mind because that keeps the pressure up on the governments involved, that this is a situation that is completely outrageous and needs to be resolved,’ Tucker told me. “‘But the other […]
