Perlberg leaving BuzzFeed, moving to Germany
BuzzFeed reporter Steven Perlberg sent out the following email on Monday: Dear friends, sources, source-friends, colleagues, professional acquaintances, and enemies: After a great two years, I’m leaving BuzzFeed News at the end of the year. The next stop: I’m moving to… Berlin! I’ll be freelance reporting about the usual things — media and politics — but also […]
The Atlantic hires BuzzFeed’s Cushing as senior tech editor
The Atlantic announced Thursday that Ellen Cushing has been hired as a senior tech editor. Cushing will help to establish and lead a new bureau in San Francisco as The Atlantic grows both its reporting team and coverage dedicated to technology and Silicon Valley. She will begin with The Atlantic next month. “Ellen comes aboard […]
BuzzFeed biz reporter Hensley-Clancy moving to politics beat
Molly Hensley-Clancy, a BuzzFeed business reporter for the last four years, is moving to the politics team to cover national Democrats for the news organization. Hensley-Clancy previously covered the business of education for BuzzFeed. This follows the departure of BuzzFeed editor Jennifer Kingson late last year. Hensley-Clancy previously worked as an assistant to Reuters editor […]
BuzzFeed biz editor departs amid changes
Jennifer Kingson, hired five months ago to be BuzzFeed’s business editor, has left the news organization amid changes to its business coverage. Kingson joined BuzzFeed News in August after 13 years at The New York Times, replacing Tom Gara. She covered a lot of ground there, working on the national, science, and styles desks. She was […]
Hospital company fires employee it suspected talked to reporter
Psychiatric hospital company Universal Health Services fired one employee it suspected of talking to a reporter and threatened others, according to a story from Rosalind Adams of BuzzFeed. Adams writes, “It was just one of many measures the hospital giant took to counter our two-year investigation, which revealed internal surveillance videos of UHS employees choking and dragging […]
Biz reporter Zeitlin leaves BuzzFeed
Matthew Zeitlin, a business reporter at BuzzFeed News, has left the news organization. His last day was Monday. He was one of the original staff members on its business news desk when it launched in 2013. His primary focus was on finance and economics, and especially consumer finance and markets. Zeitlin told Talking Biz News he’s looking […]
BuzzFeed seeks a personal finance reporter
BuzzFeed News is seeking an ambitious and intrepid reporter to cover personal finance, reporting to the business editor. The successful candidate will dive into the beat with two goals: to break news — of course — and to write service stories that will help our readers as navigate their financial lives. You should be sourced […]
BuzzFeed hires NY Times’ Kingson to be business editor
BuzzFeed San Francisco bureau chief Mat Honan sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hey all, I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve hired an editor to run our business desk, Jennifer Kingson. Jennifer will build on the great work our comrade Tom Gara and team achieved since we launched the desk, while working to elevate […]
BuzzFeed hires Alba as senior tech reporter
Wired magazine staffer Davey Alba has been hired by BuzzFeed as a senior tech reporter, reports Kelsey Sutton of Mic. Sutton writes, “On BuzzFeed News’ tech news team, reporter Davey Alba is joining as a senior tech reporter. Alba, who was previously a reporter at the tech magazine Wired, will cover artificial intelligence, focusing particularly on how it intersects with privacy […]
Company sues BuzzFeed for defamation
An immigration bond company sued BuzzFeed for $5 million over a cover story it says was “full of false and defamatory statements,” including that it was under federal investigation, reports Tim Ryan of the Courthouse News Service. Ryan reports, “Plaintiff Libre by Nexus is a Virginia company that acts as a go-between for bail bond companies and people who need […]
