Search continues for veteran automotive journalist

davey johnson

Davey G. Johnson, a long-time automotive journalist, whose work has appeared in Jalopnik, Motorcyclist and Car and Driver, has been missing since last week, reports Jeremy Korzeniewski of Autoblog.com Korzeniewski reports, “Johnson was testing a Honda CB1000R motorcycle, which was later found parked outside a rest stop on Route 49 near Mokelumne Hill in Calaveras County, California. “The Calaveras […]

FT welcomes former SkyNews reporter

Bethan Staton, a reporter and producer for SkyNews, has joined the FT as a full-time reporter covering news surrounding public policy. At SkyNews, Staton reported on social affairs, including detention, Windrush and the gig economy. She has covered social movements, and the politics of Jordan, Israel and Palestine. She has worked with outlets including the […]

Bankrate reporter Smith hired by Forbes

kelly anne smith

Forbes has hired Bankrate reporter Kelly Anne Smith as a reporter covering personal finance. She starts at Forbes next week. At Bankrate, she has covered retirement, millennials and money management. Smith has been featured as an expert in CNBC, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, CBS News Radio and more. She has worked at Bankrate for the past year and […]

The Daily Beast hires Montgomery to cover tech

Blake Montgomery, a former reporter for BuzzFeed News, is headed to The Daily Beast to cover tech and Silicon Valley come July. While at BuzzFeed, Montgomery covered hard news, politics, tech and social media. Previously, he worked for EdSurge, an education industry publication, as a reporter and opinion editor, and at Cozymeal Inc., as the […]

Skift hires Carey to cover corporate travel and meetings

Former Skift editorial intern Isaac Carey will join a team of familiar faces as the publication’s full-time travel business reporter. Carey, a Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY graduate, will cover corporate travel and meetings, according to Skift’s editor-in-chief Tom Lowry. Carey also interned at the Financial Times and The Hechinger Report; was a copywriter […]

The Points Guy hires ex-New York Times, FlightGlobal reporters

The Points Guy, an online site covering travel information and perks, hired two new editorial staffers: Edward “Ned” Russell, senior aviation business reporter, and Zach Wichter, aviation business reporter. Russell was a former reporter for the industry publication FlightGlobal, where he covered aviation finance of mainline U.S. carriers across America. He worked on the America-US Airways […]