Front Office Sports hires Scherzer as editorial director of news
Front Office Sports has hired Lisa Scherzer as editorial director of news. She has been freelancing for the past year for publications such as Barron’s and Industry Dive, as well as JPMorgan Asset Management and content marketing agencies. Scherzer previously was contents and investments editor at Citi but also spent more than a decade as an editor […]
Rest of World seeks a labor x tech editor
Rest of World now seeks to bring on a Labor x Tech Editor to work with the organization for one year to build a robust reporting network and develop a strong pipeline of stories that explore how work is being transformed by tech in communities throughout the world. This editor will be tasked with publishing at […]
Behind the success of the Business of Fashion
Haley Mlotek of Columbia Journalism Review takes a look at the success of The Business of Fashion. Mlotek writes, “The Business of Fashion—a publication that is part trade reporting, part networking, for the industry professional who reads financial reports more than the enthusiast who follows Vogue covers—also grew out of a blog. Started in 2007 by Imran […]
Semafor hires Dadouch to cover Saudi region
Semafor has hired Sarah Dadouch to cover Saudi financial, business and geopolitical news. She has been at The Washington Post as a Beirut-based correspondent covering Syria and Lebanon, as well as the Gulf. Previously, she was a Reuters correspondent in Beirut, Riyadh and Istanbul covering Lebanon, Syria, the Gulf and Turkey. She grew up in Damascus, Syria. […]
Guardian tech editor Hern is departing
Alex Hern, the tech editor at The Guardian, is leaving the publication after 11 years. Formerly an economics reporter, Hern has had a varied career gaining experience in a number of different sectors. Before joining The Guardian, he worked for New Statesman. Hern has reported on a number of high-profile news stories such as malware […]
9fin hires Mika to cover leveraged finance
9fin has hired Dan Mika as a leveraged finance reporter. Mika previously worked at ETF.com as a reporter. Mika has been at ETF.com for the past year. He previously was a reporter at BizWest Media in Colorado covering startups, health care, brewing, aerospace and energy. He previously worked at the Cedar Rapids Gazette as business reporter and at the Ames Daily Tribune […]
Murray to lead Dow Jones leadership program
Former Fortune CEO Alan Murray has been hired to lead a new venture called the Dow Jones Leadership Institute, which will provide C-suite executives with services, reports Sara Fischer of Axios. Fischer reports that it will “help navigate today’s ever-changing business climate, including executive education and coaching, real-time data and analysis, and peer-to-peer information. “The […]
Bloomberg’s Matthews retiring after 27 years
Bloomberg News economics reporter Steve Matthews is retiring from the news organization after 27 years. “Thanks to my colleagues in Atlanta, Washington and elsewhere for their friendship and collaboration over the years,” wrote Matthews on Twitter. “As my former boss used to say, the best is yet to come.” Matthews has been reporting on the U.S. economy […]
CNN hires Warnes as data and graphics editor
CNN has hired Sophie Warnes as a data and graphics editor. She previously was at The Wall Street Journal as an audience editor. She joined The Journal in 2020 as a strategy editor for the visuals team. Before that, she was a senior data journalist at the Office for National Statistics. Prior to joining ONS, Warnes was […]
Politico hires Clark to cover cybersecurity in Europe
Politico has hired Sam Clark to cover cybersecurity in Europe. He started on Monday. Clark previously was at MLex in Brussels. He also worked for S&P Global Market Intelligence in London as a reporter. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Kent.
