BBC News hires Labiak as a biz reporter

Mitchell Labiak

BBC News has hired Mitchell Labiak as a business reporter. Labiak previously was with Investors’ Chronicle, a Financial Times publication. He previously was the news editor of Property Week and its chief investigative report. Labiak also spent time as its markets report reporter. He is a graduate of Newcastle University.

Germain departing Gizmodo for BBC News

Gizmodo senior reporter Thomas Germain is leaving the technology news site to become a tech reporter for BBC News. He has been covering privacy, advertising technology and algorithms for Gizmodo. Germain had previously been at Consumer Reports and had been covering privacy, digital rights and life on the internet. He interned at Consumer Reports while in college. […]

BBC News seeks a tech correspondent in San Francisco

The BBC is the most trusted news brand in the US. Our North American operation covers US and Canadian news for domestic and global audiences. You will be an accomplished broadcaster – who’s as comfortable delivering written analysis for online platforms as reporting live for the BBC News’s highest profile TV and radio bulletins. In […]

BBC News names Ponniah head of digital news for North America

Kevin Ponniah, senior news editor for Digital Live at BBC News, has been tapped to serve as head of digital news for North America. As reported: “He will be responsible for all US and Canada digital news reporting across BBC platforms, leading on developing BBC News’ offering on BBC.com and working closely with BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial arm, on […]

Lockyer swaps Sky News for BBC

Chris Lockyer, a news reporter at Sky News, is set to depart. He wrote on X/Twitter: “Decided the time was right to move away from London to the south west with the family – where I’ll be reporting for BBC Somerset from January!” Lockyer joined Sky News in September 2018 as an output producer. He […]

Rufo joins BBC’s culture and entertainment team

Yasmin Rufo, a reporter with BBC London, has moved to join the broadcaster’s culture, arts and entertainment team. She wrote on X/Twitter: “DM / email me with story ideas, tips and suggestions, particularly interested in theatre, books, TV & history.” Rufo joined BBC News in October 2022 for BBC Politics. Before that, she was a […]

BBC News appoints Parker as Berlin correspondent

Jessica Parker, Brussels correspondent at BBC News, has been named Berlin correspondent. Parker has been with BBC for more than a decade. Her previous posts include broadcast journalist for BBC Radio Solent, political reporter and reporter/presenter/senior broadcast journalist. She then took on the posts of political correspondent, Westminster reporter and North America correspondent. She has […]

BBC News hires Kupemba as journalist

Danai Nesta Kupemba has joined BBC News as a London-based journalist. Kupemba was an intern editorial assistant at the Financial Times and has worked on contract as a digital journalist and social media producer at Global. She freelanced as an entertainment writer at Cosmopolitan UK and interned at CNN and Rest of World. She also […]

Adams departs Newsquest for BBC News

Lewis Adams will join BBC News to cover the East of England and Essex. Recently, Adams worked as a court and crime reporter for Newsquest’s Colchester Gazette. He also served as a multimedia reporter for Newsquest’s Colchester Gazette, Harwich & Manningtree Standard and Clacton & Frinton Gazette. He previously worked with The Sun and ITV. […]

McGaun departs ITV News for BBC News

Lauren McGaun, an assistant news editor at ITV News, has left and joined BBC News as a freelance journalist to work across various programs, including “Politics Live,” “Newsnight” and “BBC Parliament.” Previously, McGaun interned at Channel 4 News and freelanced for BBC Radio Lincolnshire. She also interned at and freelanced for BBC Radio Nottingham. She […]