Wirecutter announces new hires, promotions

Wirecutter, a product-recommendation service that the New York Times Company has owned since 2016, today announced a set of editorial hires and promotions. An email from the Times stated: Jason Chen joins Wirecutter from New York magazine’s “The Strategist,” where he also held the position of deputy editor. In his new role, Jason will oversee […]

Weatherhead in as banking editor for S&P

S&P Global Market Intelligence has recently appointed Timothy Weatherhead as banking editor. He joins S&P from The Hill, where he had been associate editor for economics and finance for nearly three years. Prior to that, he covered securities regulation for The Hill. Weatherhead earned a master’s degree in applied economics from Georgetown University and a […]

Pandise lands AP role at NBC News

NBC News has promoted Emily Pandise to the position of associate producer for its business unit. She had worked on the assignment desk for the network since mid-2017. Pandise is a graduate of Fordham University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in American studies and communications.

Foy to cover transportation for Bloomberg

Bloomberg has selected Simon Foy, a freelance journalist, to cover transportation from its London bureau. Foy has contributed to The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post. He has a master’s degree in financial journalism from City, University of London.

MarketWatch appoints Goldstein European markets editor

Steve Goldstein, Washington bureau chief at MarketWatch, is moving to London to accept the role of European markets editor at the site. Goldstein has been with MarketWatch for 17 years, first as staff writer, and then as London bureau chief from 2005 to 2010. He has been in his current role since 2010. Prior to […]

Telegraph hires FT’s Zaffarano as social media editor

The Telegraph has appointed Francesco Zaffarano, a digital journalist at The Economist, to its social media team as social media editor. The hire will take effect at the end of July. Zaffrano’s role at The Economist has been to produce content for the newspaper’s Instagram account, which has 3.5 million followers. The Economist syndicates its […]

Isaac in at WSJ’s UK bureau

The Wall Street Journal has hired Anna Isaac from The Telegraph (UK) to cover financial markets from its London bureau. Isaac has been economics correspondent and, prior to that, small business editor at The Telegraph. She will continue to report on trade policy and economics at the Journal as part of her beat, she wrote […]

Bloomberg reporter Foxman plans move to Qatar for TV role

Simone Foxman, wealth reporter for Bloomberg, will soon be taking on an expanded area of coverage and moving to Qatar from New York City. She explained her new role in an email: My new job will be far more generalist than my position on the Wealth team was. I’m going to be our only person […]

MandateWire hires Semenova to cover asset management

MandateWire, a Financial Times publication, has hired Alexandra Semenova to cover the asset management industry. Semenova previously held internships with Bloomberg News, NY1 News, Fox Business Network, and Crain’s New York. She also worked as an assignment desk intern at CNBC, at the network’s main newsroom in New Jersey as well as its production studio […]

Bloomberg hires Fioretti from Reuters

Julia Fioretti has recently joined Bloomberg to cover equity capital markets in Asia. She was previously with Reuters, as Asia capital markets correspondent. Fioretti, who spent nearly six years at Reuters, earned her BSc degree with honours at the University of Bath in politics and international relations. She will continue to be based in Hong […]