Bloomberg hires Janicki as a data visualization reporter
Bloomberg News has hired Julia Han Janicki as a data visualization reporter. She is based in London. Janicki previously worked at Agence France-Presse as a data journalist. She has also worked at Reuters as a freelance data journalist. She holds a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin.
AFP names Lebouachera its global editor in chief
Mehdi Lebouachera has been named the next global editor-in-chief at news agency AFP, starting in November after the U.S. election, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt writes, “Lebouachera is currently AFP’s chief editor for the Asia-Pacific region, a job he took on in September 2021, overseeing 250 journalists in 26 countries. “He will replace Sophie Huet, […]
Agence France-Presse appoints Otton deputy global EIC, two journos join his team
The following excerpt was sent out from Editor & Publisher: Chris Otton, a journalist with a distinguished international career, started this week as the deputy to the editor-in-chief of Agence France-Presse, Sophie Huet. Otton, a 52-year-old British journalist, first worked in London for the press association and later joined the AFP Asia-Pacific desk in Hong […]
AFP econ journalist Gillison set to depart
After three and a half years, Douglas Gillison is leaving the economics desk at the Washington bureau of Agence France-Presse to become a senior investigator at The Sentry, an investigative and policy organization that tracks dirty money tied to atrocities and corruption in Africa. Prior to AFP, Gillison covered human rights, white-collar crime and law […]
