Galloni of Reuters: I love being a journalist
Alessandra Galloni, global managing editor of Reuters, gave the following remarks last Thursday after receiving the Lawrence Minard Editor Award from the Gerald Loeb Foundation: I am so honored to receive this award and, in particular, to join the company of journalists after whom I have sought to model myself for so many years. I […]
GM recalls EVs on risk of combustion
GM is recalling almost 70,000 Chevrolet Bolt EVs following reports of five of them catching fire. The AP’s Tom Krisher reported: General Motors is recalling nearly 69,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars worldwide because the batteries have caught fire in five of them. The company said Friday that it doesn’t know yet what’s causing the fires, […]
Talking Biz News Today — Nov. 16, 2020
Some of Monday’s top business news stories: Associated Press Delivery giant DoorDash plans IPO, by Cathy Bussewitz, Tom Krisher GM recalling nearly 69K Bolt electric cars due to fire risk, by Tom Krisher CNN SpaceX launch: Four astronauts take off aboard Crew Dragon bound for ISS, by Jackie Wattles After $200 million California brawl, Uber […]
Silicon Valley Biz Journal seeks an economic development reporter
Silicon Valley Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover economic development. The economic development beat is the essence of top-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks to break big news, dig out trends and connect dots before anyone else does. The ideal candidate sees important community issues […]
North Dakota daily seeks business reporter
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead is a family owned newspaper and communications company that has been in operation for more than 125 years. We are located in the heart of downtown Fargo and not too far from Minnesota’s beautiful lakes country. If you are seeking a career where you can help to grow our company, interact […]
GeekWire seeks a tech and business reporter
GeekWire, one of the nation’s top technology news organizations, is expanding our Seattle-based news team with the addition of a Business and Technology Reporter. This is a full-time, senior position on a small, hard-working team. Do you go to sleep at night with a smile on your face, knowing you’ve got a great scoop coming the […]
Houston Chronicle tech editor is taking the buyout
Dwight Silverman, the technology editor at the Houston Chronicle, has accepted the paper’s buyout and is leaving after 30 years. His last day will be Jan. 15, 2021. Silverman manages the TechBurger website, writes about personal technology for HoustonChronicle.com and the print edition. He also writes a weekly tech column, also called TechBurger, and a […]
Forbes hires Beale as an assistant editor
Forbes has hired Margherita Beale as an assistant editor. She will start on Monday. Beale will be focusing on retail, real estate and food and drink. Beale has been a staff writer at the Daily Democrat in Woodland, California. She also interned at Capitol Public Radio in Sacramento. She is a graduate of Cal State-Sacramento, where […]
How The Information succeeded in taking its events online
Sara Jerde of Adweek writes about how tech news site The Information has been successful in putting its events online during a pandemic. Jerde writes, “The Information’s WTF virtual conference took place over two days in early September, featuring a lineup of speakers including Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg and chief diversity officer Maxine Williams, according to […]
Why a Fortune writer left to run a newsletter
Simon Owens talked with former Fortune writer Polina Marinova about why she left the business magazine to run her newsletter. Owens writes, “Polina loved her magazine job, but she decided to leave it earlier this year to pursue the newsletter full-time. ‘I started thinking, ‘I’ve been at Fortune for five years. I literally learned everything I know there. […]
