WSJ hires Bloomberg’s Martinez to run internship program
The Wall Street Journal has hired Andres Martinez from Bloomberg News to be a senior editor running its internship program. He will start April 6. Martinez has been in New York for Bloomberg for the past year as part of its news training team, working with new hires, reporters and editors in the United States […]
Bloomberg’s VerHage hired by Fintech Today to run newsletter
Former Bloomberg News reporter Julie VerHage has been hired to run FTT+, a weekly premium newsletter under Fintech Today. VerHage, who left Bloomberg earlier this month, had been covering the intersection of finance and technology. Ian Kar of Fintech Today writes, “I’ve admired her work for years and I’m both equally thrilled and honored she’s […]
Bloomberg News hires WSJ reporter Roof for deals team
Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Roof has been hired by Bloomberg News. She started on Monday on the deals team covering venture capital-backed technology deals. Roof will remain based in San Francisco. U.S. deals team leader Liana Baker wrote, “Katie Roof will be starting today in San Francisco (remotely!) to cover venture capital dealmaking. She joins the […]
Bloomberg Opinion hires Kim as tech columnist
Tae Kim has been hired by Bloomberg Kim as a technology columnist. Kim is currently a technology reporter at Barron’s. Prior to this role, he covered equities and markets as an investing journalist for CNBC Digital. Before that he was an online editor at Yahoo Finance. He also previously worked as an investment analyst at […]
Biz publications offering free content due to coronavirus
Business publications such as Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal have relaxed their paywalls due to coronavirus coverage, reports Sara Jerde of Adweek. Jerde reports, “The Wall Street Journal’s teams are feeding a live page that is available to read without a subscription and a new daily video series will begin Monday, free of charge. The complimentary coverage […]
Grotto joins projects and investigations team at Bloomberg News
ProPublica Illinois reporter Jason Grotto has joined Bloomberg News on its projects and investigations team. His first day was Monday. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald. His project exposing widespread inaccuracies and disparities in Cook County’s property tax assessment system was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for local reporting and […]
Bloomberg News staffers relieved, disappointed for owner
Brian Stelter of CNN examines how Bloomberg News journalists reacted to the company owner bowing out of the Democratic primary. Stelter writes, “The unusual dynamic created tensions inside Bloomberg News, which were only amplified in recent weeks when Bloomberg the candidate gained in the polls. Bloomberg the newsroom started to discuss what it would be […]
Bloomberg News returns to normal election coverage
Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following message to the staff on Wednesday: Now that Mike has said he is leaving the race for President, we will return to our normal coverage of the election; we will follow exactly the same coverage rules for the Democratic presidential candidates and President Donald […]
Bloomberg hires Sims as economy and government editor
Shannon Sims, lawyer turned freelance journalist, will be joining Bloomberg News as an economy and government editor for Latin America. Sims will be based in Brasília but will be working in Houston for a few months as per her tweet. Currently, Sims is working as a freelance contributor at The New York Times and at […]
Bloomberg tech reporter VerHage is departing
Bloomberg News technology reporter Julie VerHage sent out the following to her contacts on Tuesday: To say this email is difficult to write would be an understatement. I’ve truly enjoyed getting to know each and every one of you immensely over the past three years. In fact, a not so small number of you have become […]
