NextGov, Route Fifty tap Bur as executive editor
Jessie Bur has been named executive editor of Nextgov/FCW and Route Fifty, GovExec’s news organizations covering cybersecurity, IT modernization, AI and other emerging technologies. Bur will oversee editorial direction across Nextgov/FCW and Route Fifty, which focus on governments’ use of technology across the federal, state, and local levels. GovExec recently merged the editorial teams of […]
Zeballos-Roig departs Semafor after two years
Semafor economic policy reporter Joseph Zeballos-Roig has left the organization after two years. He previously was a policy reporter covering taxes, inequality and federal spending at Business Insider. Zeballos-Roig joined Business Insider in 2019 as a policy reporting fellow. He worked freelance for The New Republic and Bedford + Bowery, a New York Magazine site. Zeballos-Roig interned at WNYC Radio’s “The Takeaway” and […]
Inc.’s Hofman on focusing on entrepreneurs
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed Mike Hofman, the editor in chief of Inc. magazine, as it nears its 50th anniversary. Hofman returned to the publication in March. He started his journalism career at Inc. in 1996, rising to editor of Inc.com before moving to a series of digital leadership roles at Glamour and GQ. He […]
Dow Jones names new tech leaders
Dow Jones chief technology officer Artem Fishman sent out the following: Team, As we continue to evolve the Technology organization, we’re committed to creating a structure that supports our Business Goals and growth in product innovation, design, data and technology, as well as operational excellence. Building a unified organization begins with our leadership team. With […]
Yahoo Finance seeks an executive producer
Yahoo Finance is the world’s most-used business and financial digital platform. It offers millions of daily users access to data, insights, tools, news, and information from its in-house team and other leading economic media. Its news operation produces live streaming market coverage each trading day and other special programming throughout the week. Its programming reaches […]
Entertainment industry reporter Voytko-Best departs Forbes
Lisette Voytko-Best, who covered the entertainment industry for Forbes, has left the publication. Voytko-Best is moving to England. “I’m inescapably sad to leave a place that has meant so much professionally, and gutted to no longer work with my talented, hilarious colleagues,” she wrote on LinkedIn. She was a senior entertainment reporter at Forbes focusing on deal […]
Dow Jones hires Hancock to cover antitrust in Europe
The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones have hired Edith Hancock to cover antitrust and competition issues in the European Union. She has been at Politico covering competition, regulatory policy, the Inmarsat/Viasat merger and Facebook’s divestment of Giphy. She was a M&A reporter at Mergermarket and reported for Solar Media’s websites PV Tech, Energy Storage News, Current […]
Ex-Business Insider EIC Carlson starts Dynamo
Nicholas Carlson, the former editor in chief of Business Insider, has started a video company called Dynamo with the backing of people in business journalism, reports Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times. Mullin writes, “As he was leaving Business Insider, Mr. Carlson sounded out Henry Blodget, the former chief executive of the company, on his next […]
Knight-Bagehot seeks applicants for 25-26
The Knight-Bagehot Fellowship offers experienced journalists the opportunity to enhance their understanding of business and economics, finance and technology. Fellows spend two semesters at Columbia Journalism School and take most of their classes at Columbia Business School. They meet weekly for off-the-record seminars and dinners with top journalists, entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. In scope and […]
AP’s Naishadham to cover Portugal and Spain
Suman Naishadham, who has been covering environmental policy around water for The Associated Press, has moved to the Spain and Portugal beat. She has been covering environmental policy for more than three years and was also an AP desk editor and reporter. Naishadham has also worked freelance with her work appearing in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, […]
