Reuters to boost U.S. coverage
Reuters is making a push to cover general, entertainment and sports news in the United States in addition to its core international and financial news offerings, reports Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of The Financial Times. Edgecliffe-Johnson writes, “It aims to have staff or freelance reporters in 100 cities across all 50 US states, and to offer an […]
AP biz reporter named head of National Press Club
Mark Hamrick, the business editor for Associated Press Broadcast, has been elected the next president of the National Press Club. An Associated Press story states, “Hamrick was elected Friday as the club’s 104th president and will be sworn in during a January event. He previously served as vice president of the 3,400-member group. “Hamrick says […]
AP biz desk hires two new staffers
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter announced Monday the following two business journalists had joined the staff: Ellen Gibson joins us today as a retailing reporter. Ellen comes from Bloomberg News where she covered health. Before that, she worked at Business Week magazine, which Bloomberg bought in 2009. Before Business Week, she was an editor […]
AP hires another biz reporter
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter made the following announcement to the staff on Wednesday afternoon: Lauren LaCapra will be rejoining the AP as a Money & Markets reporter. Lauren left Business News in 2008 for TheStreet.com where she has been a reporter covering institutions ranging from commercial and investment banks to private equity firms […]
AP biz desk hires three reporters, names money & markets editor
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday afternoon: Joyce Rosenberg becomes Money & Markets editor. Joyce has been filling in as M&M editor the past six weeks and has decided she wants to do the job permanently as much as we want […]
AP hires two for business desk
Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter made the following hiring announcement to the staff: Jonathan Fahey joined the Associated Press on Monday as an energy reporter in New York on Monday. Jon joined Forbes magazine in 2000 and had jobs as staff writer, senior reporter and associate editor. He covered energy and energy technology and wrote […]
AP seeks Money & Markets editor
The Associated Press is looking for an editor to lead its Money & Markets product at its New York headquarters. The wire service’s ad states, “Money and Markets is a graphics-rich investing and personal finance product. It appears in hundreds of newspapers and its Web presence is being expanded. The content makes heavy use of explanatory […]
AP names new Asia biz editor
Stephen Wright has been named the new Asia business editor for the Associated Press. An AP story states, “As business editor, Wright directs the AP’s coverage of Asia’s dynamic economic growth and its global implications, working with the news agency’s journalists throughout the region. “‘Stephen has the qualities to drive important business and economic news […]
AP biz desk makes four high-profile hires
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Associated Press business editor Hal Ritter sent out the following e-mail on Friday: “We’ll be welcoming three reporters and an editor to Business News in the coming weeks. Collectively, they represent a significant increase in resources. And more to come as we work to fill remaining positions. Below is some information […]
AP biz reporter Weber on BP oil team
Dean Rotbart of NewsBios writes Wednesday about Associated Press business writer Harry Weber, who is part of the team of journalists covering the BP oil catastrophe. Rotbart writes, “Ordinarily a business writer based in Atlanta where he covers airlines and transportation, Weber has been contributing to the BP oil leak story since May 3rd, about […]
