Fortune executive editor: UK lacks journalism that celebrates success

Marcela Kunova of Journalism.co.uk interviewed Alex Wood Morton, the new Fortune executive editor for Europe, about his plans. Here is an excerpt: While many publishers are struggling, Fortune is expanding to Europe and growing its teams. What’s the reason for your success? Fortune caters to executives and leaders which is, by its nature, a small audience. There is a problem […]

Reuters seeks a reporter in Poland

Reuters is seeking candidates who can speak fluent English and French to join its real-time news operation in Gdansk, Poland. The reporters will work in fast paced, international environment to produce headlines, write short stories about companies from one of Europe’s biggest economies, produce multimedia packages, translate international news for Reuters’ French-speaking audience, and become […]

Bloomberg seeks a finance and markets editor in Tokyo

Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on financial markets, from daily coverage through to in-depth features. We are known for our quality, accuracy and ability to deliver news investors can use. It’s what keeps us inventing […]

Dow Jones Newswires seeks a breaking news reporter

Dow Jones Newswires, the real-time professional news service of The Wall Street Journal, seeks a dynamic, fast and analytical reporter who can cover corporate breaking news and can quickly pivot to providing our professional readership of more than 90 million institutional and retail investors with the insights they need. This is an opportunity to write […]

The behind-the-scenes activity to release WSJ reporter Gershkovich

Margret Johnson of Radio Free Europe looks at the efforts to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from a Russian prison. Johnson writes, “Conti said there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes activity on the diplomatic front, while publicly, Gershkovich’s case has been raised directly with President Vladimir Putin in recent weeks, most notably by U.S. commentator […]

Oregon paper seeks a growth and development reporter

The Bend (Ore.) Bulletin is seeking an experienced reporter with a demonstrated ability to deliver high-impact, relevant stories about growth, development and transportation in a fast-growing region with many pressures on its housing and transportation systems. The heart of this beat is an understanding that covering growth development and transportation isn’t just writing about roads […]

FT’s US editorial staff in dispute over pay raise

Journalists at the Financial Times in the United States are in dispute with management after seeking salary rises averaging just over $4,000 to cover the higher cost of living than UK counterparts, reports Bron Maher of journalism.co.uk. Maher reports, “FT US Guild argues cost of living differences between the UK and US mean their overall remuneration is […]

Cahillane departs Adweek after three years

Mollie Cahillane, Adweek’s senior TV reporter, is leaving the publication after three years. She has been covering the business of connected TV, streaming news, measurement and sports media. She’s a former Cablefax editor, and has held roles at People and Daily Mail. Cahillane is a graduate of Northwestern University.

FT wins Overseas Press Club award for biz reporting

The Financial Times won the Overseas Press Club’s Malcolm Forbes and Morton Frank Award for best international business news reporting. Miles Johnson won for “Wagner Inc: The Criminal Empire of Yevgeny Prigozhin.” The judges wrote, “Miles Johnson’s reporting exposed how Western lawyers and other professionals helped the Russian criminal known as ‘Putin’s chef’ evade international […]

El Dahan named Gulf bureau chief for Reuters

Maha El Dahan has been named Gulf bureau chief for Reuters. She will start her new position on April 1. She will still be overseeing energy coverage in the Middle East. EL Dahan reports on energy and commodities across the Middle East region. She has been working as a Reuters journalist for the past 15 years […]