Carter appointed director at BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed News has tapped Terry Carter Jr. to serve as a director. Recently, he served as deputy director of pop culture and celebrity news. Before that, Carter was a senior editor and celebrity strategy manager, and pop culture/trending stories editor. He covered breaking and trending entertainment and celebrity news for REVOLT.TV. He was an editorial […]
BuzzFeed News hires Longo as an entertainment editor
Joseph Longo has joined BuzzFeed News as an entertainment editor to cover all things Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Recently, he was an associate celebrity editor for Elite Daily at BDG. Longo freelanced for the Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed News, and Condé Nast publications. He worked as a contributing writer […]
On the downturn, BuzzFeed to cut 12 percent of its workforce
BuzzFeed plans to cut about 12 percent of its workforce as part of a cost-cutting measure. The online media company will join an already growing number of US firms that have taken similar actions in anticipation of a potential economic downturn. CEO Jonah Peretti wrote a letter to affected employees, stating: “Our revenues are being […]
The i Paper hires Holmes as senior reporter
Richard Holmes has joined The i Paper as a senior reporter to cover breaking exclusives and investigations. Holmes was an investigations reporter at BuzzFeed News, where he worked for more than seven years. Previously, he held the post of an investigative assistant. Holmes has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Westminster. Be sure […]
WSJ hires Flores as a reporter in Texas
The Wall Street Journal has hired Adolfo Flores to be a reporter in Texas. For the past eight years, Flores has been a immigration and national security reporter for BuzzFeed News. He also worked for two years at the Los Angeles Times. Flores also worked for the Pasadena Star-News and the Pasadena Sun as a reporter. He […]
Barron’s hires Adams as investigative writer
Barron’s editor in chief David Cho sent out the following to the staff: All, We’re excited to announce that Rosalind Adams is joining Barron’s as an investigations writer. Rosalind will play a key role as Barron’s continues to build out its investigative capabilities, holding companies, industries, and Wall Street to account through deeply reported stories. Rosalind previously spent […]
BuzzFeed News appoints Yarm tech editor
BuzzFeed News has hired Mark Yarm to serve as its technology editor. Recently, Yarm was a features editor at Input Magazine. He also produced Input/Output, a six-times-a-week podcast highlighting pieces from the site. He worked freelance for the New Yorker, the New York Times, WSJ Magazine, Wired, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Time, Vulture, GQ.com, Bloomberg Businessweek […]
Nashrulla swaps BuzzFeed News for Semafor
Tasneem Nashrulla has joined Semafor as a breaking news editor. Recently, Nashrulla was deputy news director – breaking news at BuzzFeed. She joined BuzzFeed 2013 as a news reporter. Previously, she was a principal correspondent at the Hindustan Times. Nashrulla has a M.S. in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. You can congratulate […]
NY Times Opinion welcomes Kelley, Kaminer as deputy editors
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times’ Op-Ed editor Vanessa Mobley: Lauren Kelley, who is now our Op-Ed editor leading reproductive rights coverage, will become Deputy, News, and Ariel Kaminer, rejoining The Times from BuzzFeed, will be Deputy, Ideas & Investigations. Starting Sept. 26, Lauren will be Deputy, News. She will bring […]
Baker joins NY Times as a correspondent
Katie Baker has joined The New York Times as a correspondent to cover social and cultural conflicts. Recently, Baker was an investigative reporter at BuzzFeed News. Baker worked freelance and reported for Newsweek, wrote for Jezebel and was part of the editorial staff at the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE. She has won the Overseas […]
