San Jose daily hires new Facebook. Twitter reporter
Queenie Wong has joined the business news desk of the San Jose Mercury News, covering social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Wong comes to the paper from The Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore., where she covered education. Before that she covered Oregon state government for the paper. She has also worked at the Seattle […]
Donner, WSJ editor, leaves paper
Francesca Donner, an editor at the Wall Street Journal who had worked on special projects and management stories, has left the paper. In an email to her colleagues, Donner wrote: It may seem odd to depart the best party on earth (a.k.a. The Wall Street Journal newsroom) leaving a Slate article in my wake, but […]
WSJ video editor leaves for Bloomberg TV
Ramy Inocencio, a Wall Street Journal video editor in Hong Kong, sent the following message to colleagues: Dear WSJ friends – As many of you know, my time is over with the Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong and Asia for now. After four years here, I move back to New York in the next week […]
Reuters seeks reporter in Johannesburg
Reuters is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover companies in South Africa, the continent’s most developed economy. The successful candidate must be able to build sources among tight-lipped bankers, lawyers and company executives to break news in an increasingly competitive market. He or she should also be comfortable with deep-dive stories that uncover news […]
Little Rock paper hires new transportation reporter
Robbie Neiswanger, a sports reporter covering the Arkansas Razorbacks for Stephens Media, has been hired by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette to cover transportation. A story on Arkansas Business states, “Neiswanger will replace staff writer Chris Bahn, who shifted beats late last year to cover Wal-Mart when reporter Cyd King moved to Little Rock. King began covering […]
Rochester Biz Journal seeks reporter
The Rochester Business Journal, a national-award-winning print weekly and online daily (RBJdaily.com), seeks a reporter to cover the business of higher education and several other key beats. Applicants should have at least two years’ daily newspaper (or comparable) experience; some business-writing experience is preferred. They must be skilled in both breaking news and in-depth reporting. […]
Reuters names editor in charge of regulation coverage
Kerry Van Hall, the Washington news editor and acting bureau chief for Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Hi, we’re very excited to announce that Soyoung Kim will be joining the Washington bureau as our Editor in Charge of Regulation, a newly created position. Soyoung, a scoop master with a boundless curiosity, will […]
Biz magazine editor says goodbye to his creation
David Kinney, the longtime editor of Business North Carolina, says goodbye in the February edition. He and his son are selling the magazine to new owners. Kinney writes, “I turn 66 this spring, and nearly three decades in a job should be enough for anyone. Plus, this puts Business North Carolina in good hands — […]
Judge fines bank whistleblowers for talking to media
A federal judge in Atlanta has fined two whistleblowers $1.6 million for speaking confidentially to members of the news media about their fraud suit against the nation’s biggest banks while it was being investigated by the U.S. attorney and was, by law, under seal. Robin MacDonald of the Fulton County Daily Report writes, “The whistleblowers’ […]
CEO: How I got the NYTimes to write about my company
Thomas Goetz, the CEO of Iodine, writes for Inc. magazine about how he got a New York Times tech reporter to write about his company. Goetz writes, “First, I knew the Times would be a hard sell. Our company wouldn’t interest a reporter without a really good story connected to it. In this case, a […]
