STAT News hires Molteni from Wired
Wired staff writer Megan Molteni has ben hired by STAT News. She will start next month. Molteni will cover the biology revolution, including big DNA data, genetic medicine and Crispr. At Wired, she has been covering biotechnology, public health, and genetic privacy. Previously, she freelanced as a reporter, audio producer, and fact-checker. Her work has appeared in Popular Science, […]
Davis joining M&A team at Bloomberg
Liana B. Baker, U.S. team leader for mergers and acquisitions, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Michelle F. Davis will be joining the deals team on April 5 as an M&A reporter with a focus on health care, one of the busiest areas of global activity, as well as acquisition financing across all sectors. Michelle […]
Bloomberg’s Aquino takes on emerging markets coverage for EMEA
Kristine Aquino, team leader for Bloomberg News’ foreign exchange and rates team in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, is adding team leader responsibilities for emerging markets. Her whole team is now 15 journalists. She become team leader for foreign exchange and rates in January. Aquino has been with the Markets Live team since November 2016, […]
Variety executive editor to write book about “The Apprentice”
Variety executive editor Ramin Setoodeh is writing a book about “The Apprentice,” the television show hosted by former President Donald Trump. A Variety story states, “HarperCollins has signed a deal to publish the book about the reality TV series starring Donald Trump, which will feature exclusive interviews with everyone from producers who worked on the show […]
TechCrunch EIC: We’re still not dead
TechCrunch editor in chief Matthew Panzarino wrote Tuesday night about the changes announced by its parent company. Panzarino writes, “You may have seen an article over at Axios today about the rebrand of many of the Verizon Media products under a new Yahoo+ banner. I would like to congratulate all of the teams that have worked hard to build […]
Forbes names first HBCU fellows and Forbes Academy students
Forbes magazine named 10 HBCU students and recent graduates to participate in the Forbes Fellowship Academy, a series of masterclasses and panel discussions, taught by Forbes reporters and editors, for the purpose of providing additional expertise and opportunities to write for Forbes. The inaugural class of Forbes Fellows: Whitney Bronson (Hampton University, Class of ’20, […]
Bloomberg Law starts “On the Merits” podcast
Bloomberg Law announced Tuesday the debut of “On The Merits,” a weekly podcast that focuses on the biggest legal stories of the week. Episodes of “On The Merits” explored the emergency changes made to state bar exams in response to the pandemic, the push to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers, and how states […]
Fierce Pharma hires CNBC’s Higgins-Dunn
Noah Higgins-Dunn has been hired by Fierce Pharma as a reporter. He will start April 12. Higgins-Dunn is currently a digital associate for CNBC.com covering the coronavirus. As a health and science reporter, he has covered breaking national news from the Trump administration and pharmaceutical companies racing to develop and produce COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines. […]
Star-Tribune hires Williams as a business reporter
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has hired Nick Williams as a reporter on the business news desk. He will be covering entrepreneurs, a universe that includes everything from small, independently owned businesses to venture-capital backed startups. Williams previously was a reporter at the Milwaukee Business Journal, where he covered the business of sports, housing industry, transportation, venture capital, entrepreneurs […]
Insider hires Brower as LA business bureau chief
Insider has hired Alison Brower as its Los Angeles business bureau chief. She’ll be hiring a team there to cover how tech is transforming Hollywood and the streaming wars. Brower is currently deputy editor of arts and entertainment coverage at the Los Angeles Times, where she has been since November 2019. Before that, she was deputy […]
