Salaz joins BBC News as senior journalist/senior producer

BBC News has tapped Colton Salaz to serve as a senior journalist and senior producer. Previously, he was a national producer on the National Desk at Sinclair Broadcast Group. Salaz freelanced for Nexstar and Fox Corporation. He was an executive news producer at CBS Radio and a news producer at KTNV-TV Ch. 13, an ABC […]

Hourigan to join NationalWorld as politics editor

NationalWorld has hired Tom Hourigan as a politics editor. He will begin in May. Since November 2017, Hourigan has been at BBC News, where he worked as a senior journalist and assistant editor. Before that, he was a senior broadcast journalist at Bauer Media. He was also a journalist for Sky News and a broadcast […]

BBC News names Nasman senior broadcast journalist

Carl Nasman has joined BBC News as a senior broadcast journalist, based in Washington, D.C. Recently, he worked as a correspondent and producer at ITN, based in London. Nasman was also a content creator and producer at Zeed in London, where he produced and presented TikTok-style financial news videos. He also served as a climate […]

Song joins Carbon Brief as section editor for China

Carbon Brief has hired Wanyuan Song as China section editor. Recently, she was a China researcher and reporter at BBC News. Song freelanced for the BBC, The Economist, The Athletic and MailOnline. Previously, Song worked as a newsroom research and China and Africa analyst and researcher at BBC News. She was also a multimedia journalist […]

Veteran BBC journalist Johnson departs

Howard Johnson of the BBC tweets, “Some personal news: With a heavy heart, I’m leaving BBC News next month. Here’s a short reel of how I went from Millbank receptionist (2004) to foreign correspondent.” The reel can be viewed here. Johnson filmed, edited and produced digital and social media films for BBC World News. He […]

Foran swaps BBC News for ITV News

Kelly Foran has joined ITV News as North of England reporter. Recently, she was a home and social affairs correspondent/presenter at BBC News. Foran also served as a video journalist, news reporter, producer, presenter and weather presenter at the BBC. She also worked at Bauer Media Group. Foran graduated from St. Bede’s College. You can […]

WaPo hires Sands as breaking news reporter and editor

Leo Sands has joined The Washington Post as a breaking news reporter and editor, based in London. Recently, Sands served on the BBC News website the world desk. Before that, he was part of the TV team. Sands interned at Demos and Human Rights Watch. He graduated from the University of Cambridge. Be sure to […]

Russon joins NBC News as weekend and late news editor

NBC News has appointed Mary-Ann Russon as weekend and late news editor, based in London. Russon will direct coverage of NBCNews.com during overnight U.S. time on weekends, and edit and report for the World desk on weekdays, focused on foreign news. Recently, she was a freelance broadcast journalist at BBC News and contributed to The  […]

BBC News hires Andersson as journalist

Jasmine Andersson has joined the digital news team at BBC News as a journalist. Recently, she was an investigative reporter at the nonprofit The Ferret. She worked freelance and was an equalities reporter at The i Paper. She also contributed to Vice Media, The Independent and Guardian News & Media. Her work has also appeared […]

Scott departs BBC for Sky News

Sky News has hired Jennifer Scott as a reporter on the online politics team. She begins in June. Scott comes the BBC, where she was also a political reporter on the online news team as well as a broadcast journalist. She was a senior journalist, crime correspondent, deputy news editor and political correspondent for The […]