Hickey to join Sherwood as executive editor

Walter Hickey, deputy editor for data and analysis at Business Insider, has been hired by Sherwood, the media arm of retail trading platform, as executive editor. Hickey worked with editors across the site to publish exclusive story packages on tons of subjects, from politics to weddings. In 2022, Hickey won the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting […]

Pacific Business News seeks a tourism and energy reporter

Pacific Business News — an American City Business Journals publication — is seeking a reporter in Honolulu to cover the significant beats of Tourism, Energy and Money & Finance. Our reporters must be competitive, nimble and driven to break news about the most important industries, companies and people in the region. They are expected to […]

Fortune hires Leake to cover health and wellness

Fortune magazine has hired Lindsey Leake to cover health and wellness. She’s also a senior editor on the alumni editorial board of The Science Writer, the digital magazine of Johns Hopkins University’s science writing program. Leake previously worked at USA Today newspapers in Florida. Leake is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists, National […]

Silberman, Washington Post editor who launched weekly biz section, dies at 93

Peter Silberman, a former Washington Post editor who started its weekly business section, died Thursday at the age of 93. Adam Bernstein of the Post writes, “After joining The Post in 1960, Mr. Silberman spent more than three decades at the newspaper, mainly as an editor and initially on the foreign and national desks. Later, as […]

NY real estate site Brick Underground is closing

Brick Underground, which covered New York real estate news, is closing unless it finds a buyer. Publisher and founder Teri Karush Rogers wrote in an email: However, despite our passion and commitment, the economic reality of running an independent media site has caught up with us. The evolving digital advertising landscape has only compounded these […]

Investopedia seeks a corporate news reporter

Investopedia, a leading financial education website, is seeking a highly motivated and talented Corporate News Reporter to join a growing and dynamic news team. The position is based in our New York City office. We’re looking for someone who is eager to cover the world of business, reporting on the financial performance of companies, their […]

Reuters hires Furneaux as investigative reporter

Reuters has hired Rosa Furneaux as a reporter on its investigations team. Furneaux has been at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism specializing in global health issues, with particular focus on access to health care. She received the Amnesty International Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist for her coverage of Covid-19 vaccine inequity. In 2022 she was named […]

New hires and promotion on NPR’s national desk

In a note to newsroom staff, Ammad Omar, chief national editor, and Catherine Laidlaw, deputy national desk editor, made the following announcements: We’re excited to share news about some key hires on the National Desk, to round out our management team. This week, Alfredo Carbajal joined us as a Supervising Editor.  He will be the lead editor […]

Bloomberg seeks a Jakarta bureau chief

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, business and economies, 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 […]

CoinDesk’s Casey no longer in full-time role

CoinDesk chief content officer Michael Casey no longer has a full-time role as part of a reorganization but is in discussions to stay on board with CoinDesk in some other capacity, report Sam Kessler and Danny Nelson of CoinDesk. He joined the cryptocurrency news organization in September 2017. Previously, Casey was the CEO of Streambed Media, […]