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 […]
Examining the culture within Bloomberg News
Nicole Einbinder and Dakin Campbell of Business Insider write about the culture within the Bloomberg News editorial operations. Einbinder and Campbell write, “Few names came up in Business Insider’s conversations with employees more than Al Hunt, Bloomberg News’ former Washington editor and one of the organization’s most visible faces in politics until his 2018 exit. […]
Bloomberg News seeks breaking news editor who speaks Arabic
You’re a news junkie who loves breaking news. You embrace challenge, have solid judgment, can make split-second decisions, and are curious about a wide range of topics. You work well with both people and technology, and thrive in a high-pressure, real-time environment. You understand what serious market participants are looking for amid the daily deluge […]
Bloomberg reporter Eckhouse moving to LA
Brian Eckhouse, a reporter covering finance, solar, energy, batteries, climate, infrastructure and convergence at Bloomberg and Bloomberg Green, will be moving to Los Angeles to do more on-the-ground reporting. Before joining Bloomberg, Eckhouse was with Euromoney Institutional Investor working as a magazine editor/deputy editor and before that, as a senior reporter covering power finance and […]
