Business Insider hires Dixit to cover Meta
Business Insider has hired Pranav Dixit to cover Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram. He will start in January. He has been Engadget senior editor for a year. Dixit previously was a technology reporter covering the intersection of technology and culture for BuzzFeed News. He has been a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. He was also executive editor of FactorDaily, […]
McGraw Center for Biz Journalism hands out five grants
Five veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Each of the winning projects will receive a grant of up to $15,000. The new McGraw Fellows will explore subjects ranging from the emerging market for biodiversity credits and fraud schemes that target tribal corporations, to the impact of chemicals […]
Fox Business anchor Cavuto is departing
Neil Cavuto, the first anchor hired by Fox News in 1996, is leaving the network, another casualty of cost-cutting in the TV news business, reports Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times. Battaglio reports, “Cavuto will make his final appearance on the network Thursday on ‘Your World,’ his long-running daily business-oriented program. His current deal is up […]
Wired seeks a features director
WIRED is looking for an experienced, collaborative, deeply invested leader to oversee our ambitious, award-winning features program, special projects, and the print edition of our English-language magazine. This is a career-defining role, with the opportunity to do the most formidable journalism of your career and lead WIRED to new heights of editorial excellence and renown. […]
Brower, formerly with Business Insider, hired by Ankler as executive editor
Ankler, which covers the entertainment industry, has hired Alison Brower as its executive editor. Brower was Los Angeles bureau chief at Business Insider before leaving in February. She will report to Ankler CEO and Editor-in-Chief Janice Min and will work closely with her and co-founder Richard Rushfield. As Los Angeles bureau chief, Brower led a bicoastal […]
MLex starts AI, intellectual property news services
Regulatory news service MLex said Thursday it has launched services covering artificial intelligence and intellectual property. The artificial intelligence news service will be run by chief global correspondents Mike Swift and Matthew Newman. It will cover how regulators worldwide are interpreting laws. “Other news organizations might tell you when a suit is filed or a […]
Sinha departs S&P Global for Charlottesville Tomorrow
Charlottesville Tomorrow has hired S&P Global’s Akash Sinha as its managing editor. Tamica Jean-Charles of Charlottesville Tomorrow writes, “Sinha will join us to take the lead on giving our team direction and making sure our audiences keep getting great local news. He moved to Charlottesville 20 years ago to study English literature at the University of Virginia (the […]
Reuters names Menon its Australia, New Zealand and Pacific bureau chief
Reuters North Asia, Southeast Asia, and Australasia News Editor Soyoung Kim recently shared the below note with staff, announcing the appointment of Praveen Menon as Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific bureau chief: Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Praveen has been appointed Bureau Chief of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Praveen […]
Edgecliffe-Johnson to write CEO newsletter for Semafor
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson will write an invitation-only newsletter for chief executives, The CEO Signal, for Semafor, reports Katie Robertson of The New York Times. Robertson reports, “Mr. Edgecliffe-Johnson, formerly FT’s U.S. news editor, said in an interview that other ‘C.E.O.-branded’ media products were intended for a more junior and more aspirational audience, while his newsletter would be written directly […]
CoinDesk journalists concerned about owner interference
Leo Schwartz of Fortune examines cryptocurrency news operation CoinDesk under its new owners, which forced editors to take down a story. Schwartz reports, “The article was titled ‘I Watched Justin Sun Eat the World’s Most Expensive Banana. I Don’t Get It.’ It provided context about the art world and the banana-eating stunt, as well as background […]
