Wall Street Journal seeks senior reporter to cover Asia
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a senior reporter to dive into the biggest stories in Asia, based in Hong Kong. Reporters on this team have burnished coverage of everything from the Thai cave rescue to the New Zealand mosque shootings to Amazon in Asia. They’ve also turned out substantial investigative work on North […]
The Atlantic magazine set to introduce paywall, reports the WSJ
The Atlantic magazine is charting a new course, reports the Wall Street Journal. The 162-year-old magazine is reportedly gearing up to introduce a paywall some time after Labor Day. Last year, The Atlantic put on hold its plans for a paywall reportedly at the behest of its new owner, philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, who wanted […]
Democratic candidate Sanders calls for massive overhaul of media rules
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has weighed in on the state of U.S. media, unveiling a plan to stop big media mergers and bolster independent news. “Today, after decades of consolidation and deregulation, just a small handful of companies control almost everything you watch, read, and download,” Sanders wrote in an op-ed for the Columbia Journalism Review. […]
Private Equity News seeks reporter to write news, analysis and features
Private Equity News in London, England, is looking for a skilled reporter to write news, analysis and in-depth features on private equity. The reporter will write for a weekly print magazine distributed to private equity professionals globally and contribute to daily online news coverage. The successful candidate should be able to deliver clean copy under […]
New York Times ad calls upon U.S. businesses to buff up ethical practices
The bosses of some of the world’s biggest companies, including Apple and Amazon, have been told to put the planet before profits – not by environmental campaigners but by other multinationals, reports The Guardian. A group of more than 30 American business leaders, including the heads of outdoor clothing brand Patagonia, The Body Shop owner […]
Wall Street Journal seeks law bureau chief
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced journalist to join its U.S. news leadership team as law bureau chief. The editor will run the Journal’s U.S. legal coverage, the scope of which is as vast as the topic itself, and in which nearly every story is ripe for the drama of conflict. The subject […]
China’s state media attacks U.S. in ongoing trade war
China’s state media has added a new layer of tension to the escalating trade war with the U.S., issuing a ringing defence of its country’s actions, reports CNBC. The latest round of the dispute kicked off on Friday evening in Beijing when China’s Ministry of Finance announced it will apply new tariffs of between 5% and […]
Facebook bans The Epoch Times from advertising on its platform
Facebook has banned The Epoch Times from any future advertising on its platform, reports CNBC. The Times, a conservative news outlet, has spent more money on pro-Trump Facebook advertisements than any group other than the Trump campaign. “Over the past year we removed accounts associated with the Epoch Times for violating our ad policies, including […]
A red flag raised over the demise of the college newspaper
In an article in The Atlantic, freelance writer Adam Willis has flagged a growing issue on college campuses: the decline of the student newspaper. Quoting studies and student press advocates and watchdogs, he reports that image-obsessed administrators are hastening the demise of these once-formidable campus watchdogs. “These once-stalwart publications have long served as consistent checks against […]
WSJ seeks reporter to cover Justice Department, domestic terrorism
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced and energetic reporter to join the team covering the Department of Justice and domestic terrorism. The assignment will also require sourcing in core agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, including the TSA and the Secret Service. The reporter should be well-sourced in both areas and will […]
