New editor at TheStreet.com wants interesting, provocative content
Janet Guyon, who became editor in chief of TheStreet.com three months ago, has a lot of business journalism experience in her career. For the past year, she has been managing editor of Investopedia, the world’s largest site devoted to investor education. As the managing editor for FINS.com, a Dow Jones website, she managed the team […]
Topolsky of The Verge is joining Bloomberg
Josh Topolsky, the co-founder of the technology website The Verge, will join Bloomberg as the editor of a series of new online ventures it is launching as part of a revamped journalism strategy, reports Ravi Somaiya of the New York Times. Somaiya writes, “Mr. Topolsky will start Aug. 4, and will report to Josh Tyrangiel, […]
Quartz hires deputy news editor
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following staff hire announcement on Thursday: Indrani Sen is joining our staff as a deputy news editor, having served in that role on an interim basis during Roya’s maternity leave. Indrani has been a great presence in our newsroom, and a skilled and hardworking editor since her arrival […]
American Banker editor Landy leaving for Quartz
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Heather Landy starts Monday as Quartz’s global news editor, joining us from American Banker Magazine, where she is editor in chief. Heather is a leading business journalist, having won one of the field’s highest honors, a Gerald Loeb award, for her reporting on the […]
Real Deal magazine seeks web producer in Miami
Interest in South Florida’s real estate market is as strong as ever, and The Real Deal has become the industry’s go-to resource to keep up with everything going on. We write about everything from flashy celebrity home purchases to finance, and follow the money behind the quickly-changing Miami skyline and beyond. With that in mind, […]
Reuters Adler: Great reporters don’t make great bosses
Reuters editor in chief Stephen Adler posted the following message internally on Wednesday: We all report to someone, and many of us have people reporting to us, so I suspect the topic of newsroom management — good, bad, and indifferent — is of interest to all of us. The first thing to note is that […]
The how and why behind the building of a digital FT weekend
Jasper Jackson of The Media Briefing writes about the new digital FT Weekend, launched earlier this month. Jackson writes, “The FT’s launch of a digital FT Weekend section of its app earlier this month suggests part of its answer involves slicing up its content to create new products. “This digital version of FT Weekend features […]
WSJ designer Pybas leaving paper
David Pybas, a designer at The Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years who was involved in at least four redesigns of the paper, is leaving. Pybas posted on Facebook that Wednesday was his last day at the paper. “I want to thank all the people out there who made it such a challenging, […]
WSJ seeks reporter covering defense and foreign policy
The Washington bureau of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires is seeking a staff reporter to join its national security group and become part of the country’s premier team covering defense, intelligence and foreign policy. We’re seeking a reporter who is knowledgeable both about the world and the U.S. role in the world, […]
Yahoo Finance adding contributors
Phil Pearman, interactive editor for Yahoo Finance, posted the following announcement on Wednesday: Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of Yahoo Finance Contributors – a finance-focused and socially driven network where expert contributors will regularly create and share premium original content. We are opening up the Yahoo Finance platform to a select group […]
