NY Times promotes three staff members in Video

The New York Times has appointed Sameen Amin to the post of deputy of the video department. Whitney Hurst will take on the role of executive producer of visual investigations and Malachy Browne has been named enterprise investigations director for visual investigations. An excerpt from the announcement reads:   Sameen has won an Emmy, a […]

Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 20, 2022

Some of Tuesday’s top business news stories: The Associated Press Asian markets follow Wall St lower amid gloomy outlook, by Joe McDonald CNN Tesla gets downgraded on Wall Street over Elon Musk’s Twitter antics, banning of journalists, by Matt Egan Europe finally agrees to cap gas prices, by Hanna Ziady and Anna Cooban The Wall Street Journal […]

NY Times announces 11 staff updates in Audio

The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ deputy managing editor, Audio Sam Dolnick:   Shreeya Sinha has helped spearhead The Times’s audio ambitions as its editorial director. The team started with just her when we first began our work two years ago, and since then she has recruited and hired a […]

Martínez to cover SF Bay Area for CBS News

José Martínez will join the CBS News team as a reporter to cover the Bay Area in San Francisco. Martínez will begin on Jan. 3. Recently, Martínez was a TV news reporter and news anchor at WFMZ-TV Ch. 69, an independent TV station in Allentown, Pa. He was also a TV news reporter at NY1 […]

Politico adds three to London Playbook

Politico has made three additions to its London Playbook team – Rosa Prince will join as an editor, Dan Bloom will join as deputy editor and Emilio Casalicchio will join as PM editor.   Prince will lead the London Playbook’s coverage as the newsletter edges towards 90,000 subscribers. Recently, Prince was an editor at The […]

NY Times names Berehulak, Holston staff photographer correspondents

The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ director of photography Meaghan Looram and operations manager and photographers’ chief Becky Lebowitz: We are thrilled to announce that two incredibly talented journalists are joining The Times as staff photographer correspondents. Daniel Berehulak, who calls Mexico City home, will continue to contribute to our […]

Reuters hires Kaushik as political, general news correspondent

Krishn Kaushik has joined Reuters as a political and general news correspondent based in Delhi, India. Recently, Kaushik worked a brief stint at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, headquartered in Sarajevo. Kaushik covered defense and the armed forces, the Parliament, the Cabinet, media, politics, national and state elections, and special investigative projects for […]

Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 19, 2022

Some of Monday’s top business news stories: The Associated Press Frustrated virtual reality pioneer leaves Facebook’s parent, by Michael Liedtke Musk polls Twitter users about whether he should step down, by Matt O’Brien CNN Housing slump likely to continue but some see hopeful signs ahead, by Paul R. La Monica Elon Musk says Twitter will […]

Seattle Times promotes Phair to morning reporter

The Seattle Times has named Vonnai Phair a morning reporter. Before this, Phair was a features producer. She joined the Times in 2021 as a news assistant for features, and reported for Murrow News 8 in Washington after interning at Washington State University. Phair graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast […]

Google News Initiative, Bastion Transform partner to launch newsroom experiments

The following excerpt was sent out: Google News Initiative is partnering with Bastion Transform to launch a series of newsroom experiments. Three news organizations – Nine Publishing, the National Indigenous Times and BusinessDesk New Zealand, owned by publisher New Zealand Media and Entertainment – will launch live pilots in their newsrooms, focusing on business growth and editorial […]