Mercado joins Bank Innovation

Angely Mercado has joined Bank Innovation as a reporter. Prior to that, Mercado was a freelance reporter for The Billfold, The Lily, Lenny Letter, Hello Giggles, and NPR Food. She has also interned at DNAInfo, The Real Deal, WNYC Radio, Democracy Now and The Nation. Mercado received her master’s degree from the CUNY Graduate School of […]

Straits Times reporter Lim wins financial journalism award

  Joyce Lim, a senior correspondent for Straits Times, has won the coveted Special Award in financial journalism at the Sias 20th Investors’ Choice Awards. Lim discovered a loophole that allowed young Singaporeans to snap up supercars. She found that buyers could get a higher loan if they had registered a company before they bought […]

Archant CEO steps down

Jeff Henry, chief executive of Norwich-based publishing company Archant, is stepping down after running the business for the last five years. Simon Bax, the group’s chairman, will be taking on the role of executive chairman. Bax is the former top executive at Pixar and sits on the board of Channel 4. Almost 100 jobs are […]

Business First Louisville welcomes two new editors

Louisville’s Business First has hired two new editors. Jason Thomas has been hired as managing editor and he will be overseeing daily operations in the newsroom. Thomas comes to the position after Shea Van Hoy left the position open when Hoy took over the position of editor-in-chief earlier this summer. Thomas will be bringing in […]

Vox Media acquires New York Magazine

Vox Media has agreed to acquire New York Magazine, the company behind the biweekly print magazine and five popular online offshoots, in an all-stock transaction. While consolidations in the media industry typically mean cutting costs, Vox and New York said their combination was something different. They are bringing together a much-decorated print magazine, websites, a […]

Columbia taps Matter Ventures co-founder Ford to head Sulzberger Leadership Program

Corey Ford, the co-founder of venture capital firm Matter, will join Columbia University as the new director of The Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program. Ford, who taught at Stanford’s “d.school,” and is known for launching new media start-ups, will be responsible for implementing the program’s renewed executive leadership curriculum focused on empowering rising leaders in media […]

California law caps freelance articles at 35 a month

California Assembly Bill 5 was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on September 18. The bill codifies and expands on a 2018 California Supreme Court decision that made it harder for companies to classify workers as freelancers rather than employees, and simultaneously, potentially ending freelance journalism in the state. However, a special carve-out for […]

Bloomberg Baystate Business extends airtime

Bloomberg Baystate Business has expanded its airtime to 3-6 p.m. on Bloomberg 106.1FM. The show is hosted by Bloomberg’s Joe Shortsleeve, Kim Carrigan and bureau chief Tom Moroney. Anne Mostue and Janet Wu will further be reporting on stories that matter to Bostonians. Additionally, the show also features top local and national decision-makers from industries […]

Tate joins USA Today to cover travel

Curtis Tate has joined USA Today as their senior travel reporter. Tate will be bringing 16 years of journalistic experience to the company and will be overlooking various tasks including the content production. He will be based in Louisville, Kentucky. Previously, Tate has served as transportation reporter at North Jersey Media Group and as a […]

Inspiration behind ‘There’s No Crying in Newsrooms’

Podcaster Benita Mrkalj sat down with co-author of  “There’s No Crying in Newsrooms: What Women Have Learned About What it Takes to Lead” and Cronkite Journalism School professor Kristin Gilger about her experience in journalism, the importance of women in the field, and what it means to have a diverse newsroom. Benita Mrkalj: What initially inspired […]