AP names new financial markets editor
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following announcement about Erin McClam to the staff on Tuesday: It’s a pleasure to announce that Erin will be joining Business News as financial markets editor. He’ll start Jan. 3. Most of you have worked with Erin in his role as Top Stories Desk editor the […]
AP hires Tutt to be Europe biz editor
Phillip Tutt, a veteran financial journalist who has spent the last 12 years at the Financial Times in a variety of editing roles, has been named Europe business editor for The Associated Press. An AP story states, “The appointment was announced Wednesday by AP Business Editor Hal Ritter. “‘Phill Tutt is a terrifically talented editor […]
AP biz writer leaving for Reuters
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following staff announcement on Thursday: Sorry to report that Michelle Conlin is leaving us for a job at Reuters as an enterprise writer. Michelle has done a lot of good stories for us the past year, and we’ll miss her writerly touch. Perhaps her best story […]
AP biz writer Cutter leaving for LinkedIn
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Chip Cutter, an Associated Press business journalist who covers stocks, investing and the financial markets, is leaving for a job with LinkedIn. An an e-mail to the staff, AP business editor Hal Ritter writes: Sorry to report that Chip Cutter is leaving us in two weeks to work for LinkedIn. He’ll […]
Mobile reporter heads to Mississippi to cover biz/economy for AP
Jeff Amy, a reporter at the Mobile Press-Register, is leaving the Alabama paper to take a job with the Associated Press in Jackson, Miss., where he will cover business and the economy. An AP story states, “‘We’re pleased to be able to add to the Mississippi news team a veteran Southern journalist who knows well […]
AP markets editor leaves for Reuters, which revamps wealth management team
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Jennifer Merritt, who joined the AP business desk in April to be its financial markets editor, is now leaving for a job at Reuters. Reuters financial companies editor Jed Horowitz wrote to the staff in an e-mail: I’m excited to announce the launch of our revamped Wealth Management team, which will […]
AP biz columnist Beck leaving service
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Hal Ritter, the business editor at the Associated Press, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday: After an 18-year career at the AP that started as an editorial assistant in the New York City bureau, Rachel Beck is leaving us next week to begin a career as a […]
AP hires two new editors for biz desk
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday afternoon: It’s a pleasure to announce the arrival of two team leaders on Monday: Kortney Stringer, formerly assistant business editor of The Boston Globe, joins us as retailing team leader. Kortney spent the last four […]
Departing AP biz reporter blasts biz news management
Janna Herron, a former business reporter for the Associated Press, sent a farewell e-mail on Friday as her parting shot that criticized business news management at the wire service. The e-mail was posted on Romenesko. Herron wrote, “I also appreciated the camaraderie that management helped to foster in the newsroom: reporters working together and helping […]
AP economics reporter leaving for Bloomberg
Jeannine Aversa, a longtime business reporter for the Associated Press, has resigned to accept a position with Bloomberg News. Aversa told Talking Biz News that she will be covering the Federal Reserve at Bloomberg and start on June 13. Her last day at the AP’s Washington bureau is May 25, ending a 17-year run. Since […]
