AP’s Bonnell becomes national security and foreign policy editor
AP Washington bureau chief Anna Johnson and deputy Washington bureau chief Michael Tackett sent out the following on Tuesday announcing that Courtney Bonnell will join AP’s team in Washington as the new national security and foreign policy editor: We know many of you have worked with Courtney over the years and know that in addition […]
Matsakis departs Semafor to start newsletter and freelance
Semafor journalist Louise Matsakis has left the news organization to freelance and start a newsletter called “You May Also Like.” The newsletter covers tech, e-commerce and China. She was a technology reporter and a deputy news editor with a focus on Asia news coverage for Semafor. Before Semafor, Matsakis had been on the NBC News tech investigations team, covering Amazon and […]
Washington Posts taps Fitts for tech enterprise, investigations editor
Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery sent out the following announcement on Monday: Alexis Sobel Fitts, who has guided some of our most ambitious enterprise, will be promoted to Technology Editor for Enterprise and Investigations, overseeing coverage of global efforts to regulate technology, as well as a variety of enterprise beats, including the growing influence of […]
Quartz hires Chaturvedi as a staff writer
Quartz editor in chief Dan Hirschhorn and managing editor Susan Howson sent out the following on Monday: Team Quartz, We’re happy to announce yet another exciting addition to our newsroom. Vinamrata Chaturvedi joins Quartz as a Staff Writer. Vinny has more than a decade of experience in journalism and has worked for outlets including Forbes, Investopedia, and CoinDesk. She has […]
Reuters parent has $8 billion to spend
Thomson Reuters has an $8 billion war chest to spend on acquisitions and investments in artificial intelligence, according to chief executive Steve Hasker in an interview with the Financial Times. Daniel Thomas and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of the FT report, “Hasker was clear, however: ‘Reuters is not for sale. Reuters is an integral part of our portfolio.’ “He […]
Barron’s taps Jasinski to cover Fed
Barron’s editor in chief David Cho sent out the following to the staff: We are pleased to announce that Nicholas Jasinski will be Barron’s new senior writer covering the Federal Reserve and economy. Nick has been at Barron’s since 2018. His coverage has included commentary and analysis of a wide range of topics in financial markets, from […]
WSJ union files grievance over layoffs
The IAPE Grievance Committee filed two complaints on Friday alleging Dow Jones violated the collective bargaining agreement when it laid off 17 reporters in Washington last month. The union’s grievances specify two sections of the contract ignored by management during the Feb. 1 cuts: the Job Security provision, requiring Dow Jones to follow seniority rules […]
Bloomberg hires O’Keeffe to cover US-China tech issues
Bloomberg News has hired Kate O’Keeffe to cover U.S.-China tech and national security issues. O’Keeffe wrote about U.S.-China issues previously at The Wall Street Journal’s Washington D.C. bureau, where she previously covered the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Before moving to D.C., O’Keeffe did a six-year stint in Hong Kong covering the global gambling industry […]
Bloomberg TV seeks a desk producer in London
Bloomberg LP has built a significant media business spanning television, digital, magazine, radio and live event platforms across the globe. In the midst of a historic time in the media industry, Bloomberg Media is growing its global footprint and reach through new innovations from Quicktake to New Economy to our rapidly growing consumer subscription business. […]
Field hires as Arkansas Business editor
Arkansas Business, a statewide weekly publication based in Little Rock, announced Friday that Hunter Field will be its next editor effective March 28. Andrew Moreau of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette writes, “Field, 31, will pick up columnist duties as well. He started working at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in 2016 and currently serves as deputy editor of […]
