PitchBook News announces promotions

Alec Davis, editor in chief of PitchBook News, sent out the following on Thursday:

Dear all:

I’m excited to announce the promotions of three members of the team, as we continue to up our game and advance the ambitions of our evolving newsroom.

Today’s promotions recognize the individual growth, achievement and future potential that all three contributors have demonstrated in 2023. They also underscore PitchBook’s ongoing commitment to our greatest assets—our people—as we invest in the future of our newsroom and journalistic excellence.

James Thorne, managing editor. Over his four years here, James has played a major role driving the growth and success that have made PitchBook News into the must-read outlet we’ve become. That began when he proved himself as a reporter on the VC beat. It has continued through his swift rise to editor of the VC team and his ongoing leadership of our data-visualization offering. James is the rare newsman who is both a skillful editor and a trusted mentor. James has—and will continue to have—a hand in pretty much everything important that we do. And for the Seattle team in particular, he brings a special presence and leadership that is hard to overstate. So I’m excited and proud to recognize his hard work with this well-earned promotion. James will continue to lead VC and data-viz in this role.

Sam Steele, senior copy editor. Sam has been a pillar of our production desk since July 2021, armed with a talent beyond her years in the business. Joining us in Seattle fresh out of UW, Sam quickly impressed colleagues with her cool, can-do editing at every step of the way. She took on whatever we threw at her and offered to lead the overhaul of our in-house style guide. Currently, she’s quietly helping lay the groundwork for the momentous launch of our new publishing system. Says Ron: “Sam has impressed me since my arrival as a fine technical editor, working hard every day to make stories better and also to improve her own skills. You’ll seldom see her flustered, even when organizing the day’s newsletter on challenging days when John’s out and we’re shorthanded.”

Rosie Bradbury, venture capital reporter. Rosie joined the fledgling New York bureau in February, assigned to newsletter writing, and she made clear right out of the gate she’d tackle that duty along with an array of high-profile, hard-hitting news stories. Rosie’s news instincts are second to none, and she’s as enterprising as any journalist I’ve worked with in my career. A month into the job, SVB collapsed and Rosie was all over that saga and its aftermath. She hasn’t let up since. As James put it, “I have to get up pretty early in the morning to keep up with Rosie, and not just because she’s three hours ahead of me. Rosie is a relentless reporter, a fountain of ideas and a graceful storyteller. She manages to balance fast-twitch daily news, data snapshots and fundraising scoops with long-tail features on troubled companies and firms.”

Please join me in congratulating these three stellar performers. James, Sam and Rosie are great examples of the accomplishment, growth and advancement that we prize. And of the potential we have in working as a team.

Happy Holidays to all of you, and thank you for all that you do.

Cheers!

Alec