Bloomberg hires Nessa as executive editor and deputy head of training

Bloomberg News has hired Shazna Nessa as executive editor and deputy global head of newsroom training.

She has been a journalism impact and technology consultant for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since December 2023.

Nessa previously was at The Wall Street Journal as global head of visuals for more than six years. She led graphics, photography and design teams and reported directly to managing editor Gerard Baker.

She previously was director of journalism at Knight Foundation, where she developed initiatives and grants to support innovation and transformation in the field.

Previously she was a deputy managing editor at the Associated Press in New York, with oversight of editorial products and innovation, including visual and multimedia storytelling on all platforms. In that role she also helped create AP’s first mobile, social media and data teams. Prior to AP, Nessa worked at Conde Nast Portfolio.com, overseeing design, interactive stories and video for business news.

She graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris with a Bachelor of Arts in French and English and was a 2014 John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University.