Bloomberg News has hired Erin Ailworth to cover grain markets.
She previously was at the Wall Street Journal, where she helped cover Trump’s first arraignment, flew to Israel to write about people traveling into a war zone, and most recently covered the protest encampment at Columbia.
Prior to that role, she spent a year as the editor of newsroom talent, recruiting for the Journal’s U.S. News, Washington, World News and Speed & Trending teams. Before joining the talent team, Erin did a stint on the Journal’s publishing desk, where she edited copy sent from bureaus around the world and prepared those stories for publication online.
Ailworth was previously a member of the U.S. News team’s Mid-U.S. bureau, where she wrote stories that focused on the nation’s disasters and traumas, including hurricanes, wildfires and riots. She was part of the team named Pulitzer finalists for the Journal’s coverage of PG&E and the wildfires in California. Erin also helped chronicle the spread of Covid-19 via cruise ships at the start of the pandemic.
Ailworth joined the Journal in 2014 as an energy reporter in the Houston bureau, where she wrote about the U.S. oil-and-gas industry, and later renewable energy and utilities.
Prior to the Journal, she worked at the Boston Globe, the Orlando Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times.
