OLD Media News

NBC News executive editor Firestone announces retirement

David Firestone

NBC News Digital executive editor David Firestone will be retiring in mid-May after 45 years in journalism, the last five of them at NBC News.

Firestone joined NBC in 2017, first serving as managing editor for NBC News Digital. He was then promoted to the post of executive editor. Before that, he served as managing editor at FiveThirtyEight, where he focused on politics.

He also spent 21 years as a reporter and editor at The New York Times. Prior to that, he has worked at newspapers in Dallas and Kansas City.

A memo can be read here.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

The Information hires Brown as senior finance editor

The Information has hired Ken Brown as senior finance editor. Brown was previously at the…

9 hours ago

Globe and Mail seeks a New York correspondent

The Globe and Mail is seeking a New York correspondent to report from the heart…

10 hours ago

Bloomberg Industry union: We want respect

The union that represents editorial staffers at Bloomberg Industry Group sent issued the following in…

11 hours ago

City AM is ending its Monday print edition

City AM, a publication covering London business news, has confirmed it is ending its Monday…

13 hours ago

Johnson says goodbye to WSJ colleagues

Kimberly Johnson, former election editor at The Wall Street Journal, wrote a goodbye email to…

13 hours ago

X hires former WSJ editor Stoll to lead partnerships

X has hired John Stoll, a former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall…

15 hours ago