Fortune promotes Hinchliffe, Lambert, Dunn
Fortune editor in chief Clifton Leaf sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to announce three well-deserved promotions at Fortune. As of today, Emma Hinchliffe, Lance Lambert, and Katherine Dunn will be promoted from the role of associate editor to editor. If it feels as if you’ve been reading Emma […]
STAT News hires Parker as data project manager
Health care news site STAT News has hired J. Emory Parker as its data project manager. His role will be to champion data journalism at STAT and focus on developing new data products. Parker has been at The (Charleston) Post and Courier since September 2013, and most recently was its digital editor. He was also […]
The 59 most important tech reporters
Sean Czarnicki of Insider has compiled a list of the 59 most important technology reporters in business journalism. Czarnick writes, “Technology is one of the most dynamic beats in journalism today. Outlets like The Washington Post are expanding their tech teams, new publications like Protocol are launching, and established journalists like Casey Newton are striking out on their own to […]
Insider increases minimum salary to $60,000
Insider is increasing the minimum salary of its full-time employees to $60,000 and improving other benefits, according to an internal memo distributed Thursday. Full-time employees earning less than that amount will see the increase in their first paycheck in April, according to the email from CEO Henry Blodget and chief people officer Margaret Bowani. Some […]
Insider now has 100K news subscribers, 250K total subscribers
William Turvill of Press Gazette examined the growth of Insider under co-founder and CEO Henry Blodget. Turvill writes, “Insider has more than 100,000 paying subscribers to its news site (it launched its Prime service in 2017). Blodget says that the group overall now has around 250,000 subscribers across its news site and B2B operations. “Insider’s growing subscription […]
Canadian biz journalist Berkow hired as ME of RATESDOTCA
Canadian business journalist Jameson Berkow has been hired as managing editor of RATESDOTCA, which covers insurance and personal finance news. He started Feb. 22. “I am truly excited for this opportunity to help Canadians with what are often their most difficult decisions,” he said in a statement. “We now have the potential to help even more Canadians […]
Haynes, retired deputy biz editor at Buffalo News, dies at 72
Richard R. Haynes, retired deputy business editor at The Buffalo News, died Feb. 20 at the age of 72 from cancer, reports Dale Anderson of the News. Anderson reports, “For many years, he was responsible for the layout of the newspaper’s financial pages and was instrumental in producing the annual Prospectus business review. “He also oversaw Your […]
Quartz hires Asia reporter, Things reporter
Financial news site Quartz has hired two new reporters — one to cover Asia and another for its Things team. Leslie Nguyen-Okwu is joining the Asia team as a reporter based in Taipei. Nguyen-Okwu is a Stanford University-educated journalist. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, BBC, Vice and NPR. She serves as a […]
Insider names Rose its executive editor for business
Insider co-editor in chief Matt Turner sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Hello! I’m excited to announce that we’ve hired Josée Rose (pronounced Jo-zay) to be Executive Editor for Business at Insider. Josée will report to me, and work across the Finance/Markets/Healthcare/Strategy newsroom. She will also join the Editorial Leadership team. She starts March 8. She joins […]
De Luna now covering energy for Houston Chronicle
Marcy de Luna, who previously was on the digital news team, is now covering energy on the business news desk at the Houston Chronicle. She has been at the Chronicle since October 2018. De Luna has 10 years of experience in copywriting, branded content, blogging, and journalism, including feature writing for national magazines, newspapers, and […]
