Bloomberg hires Butt to cover distressed debt and bankruptcy
Bloomberg News has hired Rachel Butt to cover distressed debt and bankruptcy. She will be based in New York. Butt has been an associate editor at Debtwire, an Acuris company. Butt joined Debtwire’s middle market team in November 2016, with a focus on distressed energy credits. She went on to cover complex workouts across other sectors when she joined Debtwire’s […]
Bloomberg’s Meakin to edit “Daybreak”
Bloomberg News has tapped Lucy Meakin as editor for its morning news show “Bloomberg Daybreak.” Previously, Meakin held the post of Bank of England and economy reporter/editor. Meakin has been with Bloomberg for over 14 years, serving in various roles, including multimedia producer, government bonds and foreign exchange reporter and executive producer of the award-winning […]
Beat switch for Bloomberg’s Martinuzzi
After more than 2 years working as a columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Elisa Martinuzzi has now joined the investigations team at Bloomberg as a reporter-editor to cover business, finance and government. Martinuzzi has also served as managing editor – European Finance, Bloomberg News and was also a managing editor. Before that, she was team leader, […]
Bloomberg appoints Jones as ME of Australia and New Zealand
Rebecca Jones is now managing editor for Australia and New Zealand at Bloomberg News. Previously, she was Melbourne bureau chief. Jones has been with the organization for almost 15 years. She has held various roles, including editor, U.S. breaking news; team leader, Southeast Asia and Oceania breaking news; editor, First Word Asia and editor, Asia […]
Ghosh named Bloomberg’s Africa executive editor
Arijit Ghosh, the managing editor of South Asia for Bloomberg News, has been named Africa executive editor. He replaces John McCorry, a longtime Bloomberg employee who is now senior editor in the markets editing hub. Ghosh has been South Asia managing editor since September 2013. He previously was a bureau chief in Mumbai and Indonesia and […]
Smith departs Risk for Bloomberg
Robert Mackenzie Smith has joined Bloomberg as a financial market structure research analyst, under Larry Tab, head of market structure research, Bloomberg Intelligence. Recently, Smith was U.S. markets editor at Risk Magazine, Infopro Digital. He spent more than five years with the company, joining as a staff writer. He then served as a senior staff […]
New role for Bloomberg’s Almeida
Bloomberg has appointed Isis Almeida as team leader – gas, power and renewables, Europe. In her new role, she will lead a team of reporters covering the energy transition in Europe. Previously, Almeida was senior commodities reporter, deputy team leader – agriculture, metals and mining for the Americas. Almeida has been with Bloomberg for over […]
Beat switch for Bloomberg reporter Bhasin
After more than six years covering U.S. luxury and retail for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek, reporter Kim Bhasin has switched beats and will now cover celebrities, athletes and their business dealings, from Hollywood to New York. He will also be reporting on big sports companies. Previously, Bhasin was a senior business reporter covering fashion […]
Moffat named senior editor for energy/commodities at Bloomberg
Anne Riley Moffat has been named senior editor on the energy and commodities team at Bloomberg News. Moffat will start her new position later this summer. She has been consumer editor and team leader since April 2018, overseeing news about retail, restaurants and other consumer companies. Before that, she was automotive editor on the global business […]
Bloomberg Industry union: Management won’t bargain on return to work
The union that represents Bloomberg Industry Group journalists sent out the following on Wednesday afternoon: Dear Colleagues, We’d like to update you on the labor-management committee meeting held this afternoon. Maya Earls and Katie Devinney attended with me for the Guild. Christina Correira, Peter Sherman, and Demedre Heulett were there for management. The Guild asked […]
