Bloomberg taps Laya to be senior editor
Andean bureau chief Patricia Laya is becoming a senior editor for Bloomberg News. Laya will be based in Mexico City and will move later this year. Laya, a past Nieman Fellow, has been based in Venezuela and Colombia since 2017. She was previously in Washington as an economics reporter. Laya started working in Bloomberg in 2012 and has since worked […]
Hoelterhoff, founder of Bloomberg Muse, has died
Manuela V. Hoelterhoff, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and editor who founded Bloomberg Muse, has died. She was 77 and had been battling cancer. Her career has included various assignments at The Wall Street Journal, including arts editor, books editor and member of the editorial board. She was founder and executive editor of Muse, Bloomberg’s arts […]
Bloomberg seeks an Andean bureau chief
Bloomberg News is looking for a bureau chief based in Bogotá, Colombia, to oversee our coverage of Colombia and Venezuela, including their politics, economies, markets and industries like petroleum and agriculture. Both places are going through historic changes, with a pivotal presidential election in Colombia and a dramatic reshaping of Venezuela under US intervention. We’re […]
Bloomberg hires FT’s Brumley as head of podcasts
David Merritt, head of Bloomberg Media editorial, and Anthony Mancini, head of Bloomberg Audio, sent to staff the following announcement: We’re excited to announce that Cheryl Brumley will be joining us as our new Head of Podcasts, leading the next phase of growth and innovation across our audio portfolio. In this role, Cheryl will set […]
Bloomberg seeks a mining and metals team leader
Bloomberg News is seeking an experienced and ambitious journalist to lead a team of reporters covering the mining industry and metals markets across the Americas. This an important and fast-moving area of coverage, and one that’s getting more front page attention than ever as it’s increasingly intertwined with government policy globally. Whether it’s reporting out […]
Bloomberg Government hires Umansky-Castro as reporter
Bloomberg Government has hired Rachel Umansky-Castro as a reporter covering agriculture policy on Capitol Hill. She has been interning at Punchbowl News. Umansky-Castro previously was a metro/local news correspondent at the Boston Globe. She graduated with a double major in journalism and criminal justice at Northeastern University, where she wrote for the student newspaper, The Huntington News […]
A day in the life of a Bloomberg TV markets correspondent
Meredith Klein of Meredith and the Media spoke with Bloomberg Television markets correspondent Norah Mulinda about her job. Here is an excerpt: What does your day-to-day as markets correspondent look like? How often are you writing about the markets versus doing on-air reporting? Are there certain market moments or examples that you always go on-air for? My day-to-day […]
Reuters wins two Pulitzers; SF Chronicle and Bloomberg also win
Reuters has won a Pulitzer Prize in the beat reporting category for its series on Meta, the parent of Facebook. Jeff Horwitz and Engen Tham of Reuters received the award for inventive and revelatory reporting on Meta that detailed the technology company’s willingness to expose users, including children, to scams and AI manipulation. Reuters also won a […]
Bloomberg wins Scripps Howard award for business reporting
The Bloomberg News series “Zombie Debt” has won the Scripps Howard Journalism Award for excellence in business and financial reporting. The “Zombie Debt” series revealed how debt collectors violated consumer protection laws in pursuing second mortgages that predated the 2008 financial crisis. There were two finalists in the category: Finalist: WXYZ-TV 7 News Detroit – […]
Bloomberg is testing an AI tool on its terminal
Bloomberg is testing a chatbot-style interface for its terminal to help finance professionals condense labor-intensive tasks, reports Joel Khalili of Wired. Khalili interviewed chief technology officer Shawn Edwards about the effort. Here is an excerpt: Bloomberg pitches ASKB as a form of agentic AI. On its face, it looks more like a chatbot interface than something that necessarily automates tasks. […]
