BuzzFeed News hires Henig as executive director of strategy
BuzzFeed has hired Samantha Henig, a veteran journalist at the New York Times, as executive director of strategy. She will be charged with building out new revenue streams and making the company’s news business “sustainable,” Business Insider reports, through initiatives like podcasts, membership products and ad sales. She formerly served as executive producer of audio for The New […]
Wong returns to reporting for BuzzFeed
Venessa Wong, deputy business and tech editor at BuzzFeed, is returning to reporting and will now cover money and how it’s spent. On LinkedIn, Wong wrote, “I’m interested in student loans, housing, childcare, credit cards, health care costs, and scams. But mostly this: Who is harmed by our financial systems? How? Why?” She has been […]
BuzzFeed alleges that Musk is intimidating one of its reporters
BuzzFeed filed documents in court Friday arguing that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s attempt to depose BuzzFeed News reporter Ryan Mac is part of a harassment and intimidation campaign, reports Maxwell Tani of The Daily Beast. Tani writes, “‘It is clear from Musk’s prior conduct that he would put Mac through the ordeal of a hostile deposition […]
BuzzFeed retail reporter Miranda joining NBC News
Leticia Miranda, the retail reporter at BuzzFeed News, is leaving to join NBC News to cover business. She will start in October. Miranda has been at BuzzFeed for four years and previously was a breaking news reporter and consumer affairs reporter. She also was a fellow at ProPublica and interned at WNYC Radio. She holds […]
BuzzFeed seeks a senior reporter to cover tech
BuzzFeed News is looking for a Senior Reporter to join our award-winning technology and business desk. We’re looking for someone thoughtful, tenacious, and enthusiastic who can own a beat, break news, and spin up investigative pieces and features. This is not a job for a beginner or for someone who just wants to cover product […]
Buzzfeed agrees to recognize union
Buzzfeed finally agreed to recognize an employee union after months of not being able to come to an agreement. The union acknowledged the achievement in a tweet. The union also stated that the union would be certified after a third party conducted a card check, as well. Buzzfeed News employees staged walkouts last month and […]
NY Times hires BuzzFeed’s Alba to cover tech
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock and technology editor Pui-Wing Tam sent out the following announcement on Friday: We’re thrilled to announce that Davey Alba is joining The New York Times as a technology reporter covering disinformation and all of its tentacles. Davey most recently was at BuzzFeed News, where she reported and wrote about A.I. as part […]
BuzzFeed hires Lucas to oversee tech/biz coverage
BuzzFeed has hired Scott Lucas as deputy editor for tech and business. He replaces Samantha Oltman, who left to become editor in chief of Recode Lucas has been a senior editor for San Francisco magazine and politics editor for The Las Vegas Sun. He has also written for Politico Magazine, The Economist and The Washington […]
Broderick joins BuzzFeed’s business and tech team
Ryan Broderick, a BuzzFeed staffer in London, has moved back to the United States to work on the business and tech desk. Broderick will cover the “global information dystopia and platform manipulation beat,” according to an internal company announcement. Broderick has been in London since September 2015 as deputy global news director, helping BuzzFeed build […]
BuzzFeed tech reporter Warzel to join NY Times opinion page
New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet, op-ed editor Jim Dao and deputy editorial page editor Katie Kingsbury sent out the following announcement on Thursday: All: So as you know we’ve been experimenting around here with new ways to do opinion journalism, and at the same time we’ve been building new expertise in various […]
