BuzzFeed wins Polk for business journalism, NY Times wins financial
BuzzFeed News reporters Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman have won the George Polk Award in business journalism for a series demonstrating how Facebook exposes the public to disinformation, fraud and violence. They found the $800 billion social media giant was slow to remove extremist content, fired a whistleblower who determined it favored right-wing publishers and […]
How tech reporter Mac kept hammering away at a tip
BuzzFeed senior technology reporter Ryan Mac spoke with the Stanford Daily about his work and some big stories he has covered. Here is an excerpt: TSD: Could you tell me about the most challenging story you’ve ever worked on as a reporter? RM: I think probably the Thiel story [on Peter Thiel financing behind Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker.] […]
NY Times promotes Patil to post of senior social editor
Anushka Patil has been promoted to the post of senior social editor at the New York Times. Patil will continue to work closely with Audience Product to develop reader-facing products that attract and retain new audiences and to work on internal tools to help the social team do their work better. Previously, Patil was working […]
Former BuzzFeed media and politics reporter D’Urso starts on new projects
Joey D’Urso, former media and politics reporter at BuzzFeed, has begun a number of projects including as an on-air contributor for Times Radio and writing for Times Red Box and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Prior to joining BuzzFeed, D’Urso was with BBC News for more than 3 years. There, he held […]
Ex-BuzzFeed political correspondent Ashton to join Bloomberg
Former senior correspondent at BuzzFeed News Emily Ashton will be joining Bloomberg News covering British politics. Her new role begins in August. Ashton said on Twitter, “So excited to be part of this stellar lobby team.” Previously, Ashton was chair of the Parliamentary lobby at House of Commons. She has also served as a Whitehall […]
BuzzFeed tech reporter Bernstein named Nieman fellow
Joseph Bernstein, a senior technology reporter at BuzzFeed News, has been named a Nieman fellow for the 2020-21 academic year. Bernstein plans to study the ways recent technological change has contributed to alienation in 21st century American life. Bernstein is based in New York and has been with BuzzFeed since February 2013. He previously was […]
Bloomberg taps BuzzFeed’s Nardelli for Europe
Alberto Nardelli will be joining Bloomberg News as correspondent-at-large for Europe. His new role begins in September. Currently, Nardelli is Europe editor at BuzzFeed, reporting on European politics, international relations and diplomacy with a focus on scoops, original reporting, analysis, and investigations. Nardelli will be leaving his post at BuzzFeed this month. Nardelli has also […]
BuzzFeed fires senior tech/business reporter Broderick for plagairism
BuzzFeed News has fired a senior reporter it says plagiarized or misattributed information in at least 11 of his articles, reports J. Clara Chan of The Wrap. Chan reports, “The reporter, Ryan Broderick, was the author of 11 articles linked in a Friday evening note to readers from BuzzFeed News’ editor in chief, Mark Schoofs, who said the articles […]
BuzzFeed News opinion editor Gara departs
Tom Gara, former business editor and current opinion editor at BuzzFeed News, was let go from the company. He tweets: “Some personal news, as they say: Like far too many of my wonderful colleagues, I was let go from BuzzFeed News in this month’s layoffs and furloughs. If you or someone you know wants to […]
BuzzFeed News appoints Schoofs as editor-in-chief
BuzzFeed News has hired Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Schoofs as its new editor-in-chief, reports The New York Times. His new role begins May 18. Jonah Peretti, founder and chief executive of BuzzFeed, said, “I’m so excited to welcome Mark back to BuzzFeed because I know how deeply committed he is to ensuring that BuzzFeed News […]
