Yasin to join LA Times as managing editor
Sara Yasin will be joining the Los Angeles Times as managing editor, overseeing the daily news operation and the photo and data and graphics teams. She begins on April 18. Currently, Yasin is managing editor, news, at BuzzFeed News. Previously, she served as director of news curation, deputy director for news curation, lead editor for […]
Insider hires Chen as senior reporter on the media desk
Insider has hired Tanya Chen as a senior reporter on the media desk covering influencers, the creator economy and the business of social-media platforms. Chen was previously at BuzzFeed News as a senior reporter on the social news team. There, she covered internet culture, the creator economy, and things that intersect. She helped launch its […]
L.A. Times hires five new staffers
The following excerpt note was sent on behalf of Los Angeles Times deputy managing editor Shelby Grad: I am pleased to announce the hiring of new staffers for Metro in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Northern California. Hannah Wiley has joined the Sacramento bureau as a state government reporter who will cover California criminal justice and housing […]
BuzzFeed hires Soteriou as celebrity reporter
BuzzFeed News has hired Stephanie Soteriou as a celebrity reporter. She joins from The Sun, where she was a showbiz journalist. Soteriou has also worked freelance and was a showbiz journalist at Yahoo. She has also worked at Digital Spy. Soteriou graduated from the University of Sussex.
Baesler named COO of BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has tapped Christian Baesler as chief operating officer. In his new role, Baesler will continue to serve as CEO of Complex Networks, which was acquired by BuzzFeed after it became a public company last month. Prior to Complex Networks, Baesler spent more than a decade at Bauer Media Group, where he led Bauer’s digital […]
BuzzFeed to go public
BuzzFeed News is planning on going public as the shareholders of 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, a special purpose acquisition company, approved a merger with the digital media company. In addition, BuzzFeed News will also close its acquisition of Complex Networks, a media company run as a joint venture of Verizon and Hearst. Further, as reported: […]
BuzzFeed News hires Emerson as a senior tech reporter
BuzzFeed News has hired Sarah Emerson as a senior technology reporter. She will start later this month. Emerson most recently worked at Medium’s OneZero as a reporter. She previously was a San Francisco-based Motherboard reporter covering the environment, tech culture, and science oddities. Emerson also worked at The Dodo and The Wilderness Society. She holds a bachelor’s […]
Schwab joins BuzzFeed as deputy tech editor
Fast Company’s Katharine Schwab is joining BuzzFeed News as deputy tech editor. Currently, she serves as deputy editor of Fast Company´s technology section, which she will be leaving on Nov. 10. Her new role begins Jan. 3. Schwab has been with Fast Company for over 5 years, previously serving as a writer, associate editor and staff editor. […]
Sethi hired by BuzzFeed News as tech reporter
Aman Sethi has been hired by BuzzFeed News as a technology reporter. He will start next month. He comes from Coda Media, an online crisis news reporting platform in New York. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of HuffPost India. He was also an associate editor at Hindustan Times and was a special project editor at […]
BuzzFeed hires Baker-White as senior tech reporter
Emily Baker-White has joined BuzzFeed News as a senior technology reporter in San Francisco. Previously, she was a senior policy manager at Spotify. She also worked at Facebook as a product policy associate manager, providing guidance to product teams working to balance issues of free expression, safety, and integrity of information. She also helped assess the […]
