AP losing mutual fund writer to mutual fund company
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff departure on Monday: Sorry to report that Mark Jewell is leaving AP after 23 years to join John Hancock in Boston to write about the company’s mutual funds. As a senior financial writer, Mark will report on Hancock’s international stock funds. He’ll be writing […]
Center for Public Integrity hires two biz journalists
The Center for Public Integrity is investing in the coverage of finance with two new hires. Alison Fitzgerald, a 2009 Polk Award winner, author and longtime Bloomberg economics and enterprise reporter, will oversee the Center’s financial coverage as well as much of its state money-in-politics work. She is joined by Dan Wagner, who comes to […]
AP names new director of financial products
Brian Scanlon, director of the AP Election Services portfolio, has been promoted to an expanded role, adding oversight of AP’s business and financial products. His appointment was announced Thursday. “We find growing market interest in news services combining government and elections coverage with business and economic news,” said Sue Cross, senior vice president for business […]
AP biz reporter duped by fake LinkedIn account
Beware of fake LinkedIn accounts for company executives. The Associated Press has run the following clarification: “NEW YORK (AP) — In a Nov. 17 story about changes CEO Ron Johnson has instituted at J.C. Penney Co., The Associated Press attributed to Michael Francis, a former Penney president, comments about Johnson’s leadership of the company. “The […]
AP launching series on the Great Recession
The Associated Press will launch a series exploring changes wrought by the Great Recession with reports documenting the downturn’s profound impact on jobs that support a broad middle class in the United States, Europe and other developed countries. The series, “The Great Reset,” will begin with stories appearing from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25. Five […]
AP financial markets editor leaving wire service
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff announcement: It’s with much sadness that I report that Erin McClam is leaving us for a job as a writer at NBCNews.com. Erin joined AP fresh out of the University of Georgia in December 1999 as a reporter in the Atlanta […]
Hamrick joins Bankrate.com as DC bureau chief
Mark Hamrick, immediate past president of the National Press Club, will join Bankrate.com in January in the newly created position of Washington bureau chief. Hamrick will cover the White House, Congress and financial regulatory agencies for the award-winning network of personal finance websites operated by Bankrate.com. “Now more than ever, Washington policy changes are affecting […]
AP names new markets reporter
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff announcement on Friday: Steve Rothwell, a former Bloomberg News reporter, joins us Monday as a markets reporter. Steve worked for Bloomberg in London for 12 years and covered most of the financial markets – from stocks and bonds to credit and currencies. He also […]
AP seeks markets reporter
The Associated Press seeks a reporter for the Business News department’s financial markets team at its New York headquarters. This reporter will have the task of explaining the financial markets to investors and consumers in daily coverage and through high-level enterprise stories. The successful candidate must be a critical thinker and be well sourced among […]
AP banking reporter Gogoi hired by CNN Money
Pallavi Gogoi, the banking reporter for the Associated Press, has been hired by CNN Money to be a breaking news editor. CNN Money managing editor Lex Harris sent out the following announcement: I’m pleased to announce we have a new breaking news editor: Pallavi Gogoi will be joining the team on September 19. Pallavi knows […]
