WSJ hires Schwartz to cover economic policy
The Wall Street Journal Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta sent out the following on Monday: We are thrilled to announce that Brian Schwartz will be joining the bureau as our White House economic policy reporter, starting Oct. 28. Brian is a news hawk, breaking story after story during a distinguished six-year run as a political […]
The problems in covering Trump’s economics proposals
Jem Bartholomew of Columbia Journalism Review writes about the mistakes being made in the media covering former President Donald Trump’s economics proposals. Bartholomew writes, “So how is the media communicating what Trump’s economic policies would mean for the country? As I see it, it’s going wrong in two ways. First, journalists are ‘sanewashing’ Trump’s senselessness, as […]
Fortune promotes Lake to associate editor
Fortune magazine has promoted Sydney Lake to associate editor. Lake has been a reporter at Fortune, where she covers housing, real estate, and general business news. She previously wrote about higher education and worked on the publication’s business school rankings. Before joining Fortune, Lake served as the assistant editor of Virginia Business magazine and interned on the production desk at […]
Madhok departs CNN Business for Bloomberg
Bloomberg News has hired Diksha Madhok as its South Asia economy and government editor. She previously has been at CNN Business as an editor and reporter based in Delhi. Madhok also worked for Quartz as editor and platform director of QZ India. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University and a master’s degree from Columbia University.
Meyers, longtime Star Tribune economics reporter, dies at 75
Mike Meyers, who was an economics reporter and columnist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune for more than two decades, has died at the age of 75. Randy Furst of the Star Tribune, “Meyers had a talent for distilling complicated economic issues, often with humorous but riveting opening paragraphs. ‘He had an unusual combination of talents both […]
WSJ’s Gershkovich writing book about his time in prison, Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, released from a Russian prison earlier this year, is writing a book about that time and the country’s move to autocracy, reports Alexandra Alter and Katie Robertson of The New York Times. Alter and Robertson write, “The memoir will be published in the United States by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, with […]
Reuters hires Vicens to cover cybersecurity
Reuters has hired A.J. Vicens to cover cybersecurity. He will start Oct. 21. Vicens has been at CyberScoop for the past three year years as a reporter. He previously worked at 5280 magazine in Denver and Mother Jones as a staff writer. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Metropolitan State University in Denver and a master’s degree […]
Carville wins WERT Prize for second time in three years
Bloomberg News reporter Olivia Carville has won the WERT Prize from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the second time in three years. Carville was awarded the 2024 WERT Global Prize for a series of stories that masterfully drove home the many dangers of social media to the mental health and safety of young people. […]
Macmillan wins Welles Prize
Washington Post reporter Douglas MacMillan has won the Welles Prize from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. MacMillan, Bagehot class of 2017, was awarded the Welles Prize for his work on Memory Inc., a series of stories in The Post investigating how elderly people with memory problems had wandered away from the assisted living […]
Slotnick departing The Points Guy
Senior aviation reporter David Slotnick is leaving The Points Guy to recharge but will return later as a contributing aviation editor. Slotnick previously was the senior airline reporter at Business Insider, covering the aviation business in depth throughout the COVID-19 crisis, as well as aviation startups and logistics, passenger experience and breaking news. Before covering […]
