CNN Business names Bayly senior economy editor
Lucy Bayly will be joining CNN Business as senior economy editor. She begins Feb. 14. In her new role, Bayly will help bolster coverage of economic policy, trends and data focusing on various factors, including the growing wealth gap, the labor market, the supply chain, inflation, monetary policy at the Federal Reserve and more. She […]
CNN Business GM Farkas joining Brunswick Group
CNN Business vice president and general manager Jason Farkas is leaving the organization and becoming a partner in Brunswick Group. He will start his new job on Jan. 3. Farkas was responsible for the global commercial and editorial operations of CNN’s business news platform. Prior to that, he spearheaded the name change from CNNMoney to CNN Business […]
CNN Business seeks a tech reporter
CNN Business is seeking a Tech Reporter. This reporter will produce daily news stories, analysis and features on the social platform beat, including Facebook, YouTube, Snap and TikTok. We strive to approach corporate spin with skepticism and to bring our readers smart stories about the tech companies that impact their daily lives. We’re driven to […]
CNN Business seeks a programming editor
WarnerMedia seeks an Editor for the CNN department. Do you have a thirst for news and a knack for making it understandable to regular folks? Can you craft a headline or notification to make any story interesting? Do you have a passion for finding the perfect visuals to go with a story? Are you cool […]
Politico hires Zak of CNN Business to be head of newsletters
Politico Editorial Director of Strategy and Operations Alexandra Manzano, Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski and Executive Editor of Platforms and Operations Joe Schatz sent out the following on Thursday: Each month, this newsroom publishes thousands of unique newsletter editions that reach millions of readers. Politico has long been an industry leader in newsletters (before it was cool) […]
CNN Business launches investigation into how female staffers are treated
CNN Business has started an internal investigation into its culture and the treatment of female employees, reports Steven Perlberg of Business Insider. Perlberg reports, “The investigation was prompted by the February departure of Annalyn Kurtz, a senior editor in the roughly 60-person newsroom, two of the people said. CNN Business houses the cable network’s digital coverage […]
CNN names biz/tech correspondent Gold its Israel correspondent
Hadas Gold, who has been a business, media and technology correspondent for CNN Business based in London, has been named CNN’s Israel correspondent. She has been in London for CNN Business since 2017. She previously worked for Politico. and her work appeared across CNN Politics, CNNMoney, and CNN. Prior to joining CNN, Gold spent more than five years at Politico […]
NBC News, STAT, CNN Business win Eppy Awards
The following winners have been named winners in the annual EPPY Awards for digital media: Best Business Reporting on a Website with 1-million unique monthly visitors and over went to “NBC News Reporting Series: The Paycheck Protection Program” by NBC News. The finalists were Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg News. Best Business Reporting on a Website […]
CNN’s Jason Farkas talks covering COVID-19
We sat down (virtually) with CNN Business General Manager and VP Jason Farkas to discuss the organization’s coverage of COVID-19. When did you start covering COVID and at what point did you realize that this was going to be THE story for the foreseeable future? I think the stock market began registering the COVID threat […]
CNN Business hires editors for beat teams, promotes staffers
Jason Farkas, general manager of CNN Business, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Hello all – I have some exciting news to share. In December 2019, the leadership team at CNN Business presented a newsroom redesign that called for the establishment of a Newsdesk alongside five Beat Teams – Tech, Media, Markets, Transportation and Consumer. To bring the plan to life we needed to recruit first class editors to […]
