NBC News NOW hires Morris as anchor and host
Alison Morris is the new anchor and host for NBC News NOW, the online streaming network from NBC News, the network said today. In a staff email this afternoon, Janelle Rodriguez, SVP of editorial for NBC News and MSNBC and the executive-in-charge of NBC News NOW, wrote: Alison comes to NBC from FOX 5 in […]
City A.M. staffs up, adds Menin as reporter
City A.M. (UK) has hired Anna Menin as a reporter to cover private equity, investments, and regulation. Menin, who began her role on Saturday, previously held reporting internships with The Times and the Guardian, both in London. She earned her master’s degree in newspaper journalism from City, University of London and her bachelor’s degree from […]
Tax Notes appoints Jones to audience engagement editor
Tax Notes has appointed Paige Jones as audience engagement editor. Jones had previously worked as a state tax reporter for the outlet. Jones was previously a business and biotechnology reporter at Frederick News-Post in Frederick, Md. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and international relations from American University. Tax Notes provides daily news, analysis, […]
Digiday: WSJ has 21 people detecting fake videos
Twenty-one staffers at The Wall Street Journal are on a committee to detect deepfakes, a technique to produce fake videos by using artificial intelligence, ahead of the 2020 general election, reports Lucinda Southern at Digiday. The report detailed the Journal’s process: Last September, the publisher assigned 21 of its staff from across its newsroom to […]
CNBC hires Wayland to cover auto beat
Michael Wayland is joining CNBC in July from Automotive News to cover the global auto industry, according to an email to CNBC staffers on Friday. It stated: [Michael] will be based in Detroit and focus on all the news coming out of global automakers such as General Motors, Ford and Toyota. He will report on […]
Wilhelm joining Bloomberg Tax from Washington Examiner
Colin Wilhelm is moving from The Washington Examiner, where he has covered economic policy, to Bloomberg Tax. Bloomberg Tax is Bloomberg’s outlet for news and expert analysis about tax and accounting. Wilhelm will cover Capitol Hill at Bloomberg Tax. He has also written for Politico and American Banker. He has a master’s degree in journalism […]
Politico’s Restuccia hired by Wall Street Journal
Andrew Restuccia, White House reporter for Politico, is leaving the outlet to join The Wall Street Journal. He had been at Politico for seven years. He previously worked at The Hill, The Washington Independent, and Inside Washington Publishers. He previously covered Donald Trump’s transition to the presidency and energy and environmental policy. Restuccia has a […]
FT hires Kinder for tax, accounting beat
Tabby Kinder, a professional services correspondent at The Times (U.K.), will join The Financial Times to cover tax and accounting, she wrote Friday on Twitter. Kinder’s area of coverage at The Times included breaking news on Britain’s largest accountants, law firms, and auditors, and on the world of insolvency and restructuring. She was named the […]
Richardson to exit Bloomberg Law for PR
Bloomberg Law reporter Tyrone Richardson is leaving the outlet, he wrote Friday on Twitter, to move into public relations. Richardson, who had been with the outlet for five years, previously reported for The Post & Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He also worked for The New York Law Journal […]
Quartz lays off more business-side employees, reports Digiday
Quartz on June 26 laid off business-side employees for the second time this year, Digiday’s Max Willens reported today. The most-recent round of layoffs included seven employees; the previous one included four. Nearly 10 percent of the company’s total staff has departed over the past 12 months, Willens’ report stated. It elaborated: The layoffs come […]
