Politico hires two from Bloomberg Industry Group
Politico Congress executive producer Zachary Warmbrodt, senior Congress editor Mike DeBonis, and congressional policy editor Emma Dumian sent out the following on Thursday: Good morning. Big news here for our Capitol Hill and economic policy coverage. I’m thrilled to announce three major hires: Riley Rogerson, Benjamin Freed and Michaela Ross. Riley is joining the Congress team as […]
Bloomberg, WSJ, Economist each win two OPC awards
Bloomberg News, The Economist and The Wall Street Journal each won two Overseas Press Club awards. Bloomberg News won the Robert Spiers Benjamin award for reporting on Latin America, for an account of how former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández came to be tried and convicted on drug-smuggling charges and then pardoned by President Donald […]
Bloomberg hires LeeMaster as editor on deals team
Liana Baker, U.S. deals managing editor at Bloomberg News, sent out the following in Wednesday: I want to welcome Tim LeeMaster as an editor on the Deals team in New York. He starts this week and joins from FT Specialist, where he developed and led Health Payer Specialist, a news product focused on health insurers. Over […]
Bloomberg seeks an AI and VC editor in San Fran
Bloomberg News is one of the world’s biggest and most influential news organizations. Our Global Technology team closely covers the companies, investors and entrepreneurs that are changing the world. We’re seeking a talented, dedicated and creative editor to join our award-winning team in San Francisco to work with reporters covering technology, with a focus on […]
Don’t mess with my Bloomberg terminal
Isabelle Bousquette of The Wall Street Journal writes about how some hardcore Bloomberg terminal users are fighting back against claims that the technology will be disrupted by artificial intelligence. Bousquette writes, “Traders and investment research teams have a sacred bond with the Bloomberg terminal, which they use to track and analyze real-time and historical pricing for […]
Bloomberg hires Swezey as reporter
Bloomberg News has hired Victor Swezey as a reporter. He has started on the management and work team but will move to other beats as part of the company rotation program. Swezey previously interned on Bloomberg’s credit team. He also interned at The Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University […]
Bloomberg hires WSJ’s Patterson
Bloomberg News senior executive editor Chris Nagi sent out the following on Monday: I’m excited to announce that Scott Patterson will join the Crypto/Cross-Asset team as a senior reporter, starting March 23. Scott has spent the last two decades at the Wall Street Journal in enterprise roles spanning government, regulation and all things markets. He won the […]
Bloomberg names Smith its team leader for US legal news
Molly Smith has been named team leader for U.S. legal coverage at Bloomberg News. Smith has been editing and writing stories about the U.S. economy for Bloomberg since 2021. She previously was a corporate finance reporter and editor. She has also worked as a rotational reporter. She was a political correspondent at Citrus TV and has […]
Egkolfopoulou named team leader for money at Bloomberg
Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou has been named team leader for the new money news team at Bloomberg News. She has been team leader for its legal coverage. Egkolfopoulou had previously been on the 2020 election reporting team before joining the personal finance desk as a reporter. Before the election, Egkolfopoulou had been covering real estate in New York. […]
Bloomberg tells employees it can leave Gulf region
Bloomberg has told employees based in the Gulf, including at its Dubai regional headquarters, they can temporarily relocate and work from outside the region, reports Alexander Cornwell of Reuters. Cornwell reports, “In response to Reuters’ questions, a Bloomberg spokesperson confirmed that staff in the Gulf, including Dubai, have been given the choice to work temporarily […]
