NY Times names Sullivan lead breaking news reporter

The New York Times has tapped Eileen Sullivan to serve as lead breaking news reporter for the Washington bureau. As per the Times: “She will work with Glenn Thrush to broaden our coverage of the Justice Department, including drug policy and the fentanyl crisis. She will help bolster our team covering the Trump trials and […]

Minnesota papers hire Ware as editor

Tess Ware has joined The Aberdeen American News, The Watertown Public Opinion and The St. Cloud Times in Minnesota as an editor. Previously, Ware worked in Michigan as a crime reporter for the Livingstone County Daily Press & Argus, as a news reporter for Petoskey News-Review, where she won multiple awards from the Michigan Press […]

State Journal in Kentucky hires McKinney as reporter

The State Journal in Frankfort, Ken. has appointed Kelly McKinney to cover local government, the Frankfort Plant Board and Kentucky State University. McKinney has worked in Kentucky as an editor at Landmark Community Newspapers and as a staff writer at Community Newspaper Holdings. She also covered local government for Kentucky paper The Jessamine Journal. McKinney […]

TVO journalist Anderson departs

Charnel Anderson, a journalist at TVO, has left. She wrote on X/Twitter: “Some personal news, as it were: I’ve said goodbye to TVO. It’s been a trip! I’m so grateful to the journalists, editors, educators, and sources I’ve had the privilege to learn from over the last few years. I’ll carry those experiences with me […]

NPR promotes four staff members

Deepa Shivaram, a political reporter at NPR, has taken on the role of White House correspondent. She joined NPR in July 2021 as a general assignment digital reporter. Previously, Shivaram held the posts of producer, research assistant for “Meet the Press,” associate producer for “Meet the Press” and “Meet the Press Daily,” 2020 campaign embed […]

Politico names Lee director of newsroom operations

Eva Lee has joined Politico as director of newsroom operations, North America. Recently, she served as director of newsroom operations at BuzzFeed. Before that, Lee served as a content operations manager at Refinery29. She also freelanced. Lee graduated from Boston University. Be sure to reach out to Lee on LinkedIn.

Computerworld senior reporter Trueman to depart

Charlotte Trueman, a senior writer at Computerworld in London, will depart this week. Previously, she held the post of staff writer. Before that, Trueman was a staff writer at IDG UK, where she produced content for CIO UK, Computerworld UK and Techworld. She also produced content for IT leaders throughout the ASEAN region for CIO […]

Talking Biz News Today – Nov. 20, 2023

Some of Monday’s top business news stories: The Associated Press Stock Market Today: World shares mixed after Wall Street’s 3rd straight winning week, by Zimo Zhong Microsoft hires OpenAI founders to lead AI research team after ChatGPT maker’s shakeup CNN Major advertisers flee X, deepening crisis at Elon Musk’s social media site, by Brian Fung, […]

Chicago Sun-Times hires Thompson as features writer

Erica Thompson will join the Chicago Sun-Times as a features writer. Since November 2022, she has held the post of features editor at the Columbus Dispatch. Thompson joined the Dispatch newsroom in July 2019 as a features reporter and then transitioned to the role of Ohio regional business reporter. She freelanced for various outlets, including […]

Landergan becomes investigative reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has tapped Katherine Landergan to serve as an investigative reporter. As a safety net reporter, she covered poverty issues, mental health and homelessness. In more than seven years at Politico, Landergan held the posts of statehouse reporter and then New Jersey bureau chief. She interned at and worked as a higher education […]