Arkansas Advocate hires Platt to cover energy and environment
The Arkansas Advocate has hired Ainsley Platt to cover energy and the environment. Platt will start on Monday. She has been at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette covering the environment for the past year. She also interned for the Little Rock newspaper. Platt is a graduate of the University of Alabama. While there, she was news editor of the […]
FT taps Chu to cover the US economy
Amanda Chu has been appointed U.S. economics correspondent, based in New York, to report on major economic data releases and institutions. She will also produce data-driven reporting on how investment patterns respond to shifts in politics, policy and global markets, as well as contribute to broader coverage of U.S. economic policy. Chu joined the FT […]
Covering the economic impact of climate change
Katie Myers covers climate issues in Appalachia through a collaboration between Blue Ridge Public Radio and Grist. Her freelance work has been featured by the BBC, NPR, Belt Magazine, Scalawag Magazine and other publications. She spoke with Journalism Funding Project about her work. Here is an excerpt: Q. What do you hope to accomplish in […]
MLex hires Budryk to cover trade
MLex has hired Zack Budryk to cover the trade beat. He has been an energy and environment reporter from The Hill with a special focus on the historical context of environmental issues, climate and environment-related legal battles and the effects of climate and environmental disasters on frontline communities. Budryk also co-wrote The Hill’s daily Overnight Energy […]
Bloomberg taps Orland as deputy team leader for Americas oil trading
Bloomberg News journalist Kevin Orland has been named deputy team leader for Americas oil trading coverage. He will remain Calgary bureau chief. He has been with Bloomberg since October 2003, originally starting as a general assignment reporter. He was also commodities editor and commodities team leader, and he spent 15 month as the industrial deputy team leader and […]
Dallas Mornings News taps Ferguson to cover energy
The Dallas Morning News has named Lana Ferguson as a business reporter covering energy and natural resources. She has been a breaking news reporter at the paper. Ferguson joined The Dallas Morning News after reporting in South Carolina’s Lowcountry for The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette newspapers. She graduated from the University of Mississippi where she studied […]
Industry Dive seeks a senior utility editor
Industry Dive is a leading business journalism company. Nearly 13 million decision-makers across 20+ competitive industries rely on its exclusive insight and analysis delivered through 26 publications. Industry Dive was founded in 2012 to provide business leaders with the information they need to move industries forward. Our team of reporters, editors, designers, and marketers delivers insights […]
Why HuffPost’s cutting of energy coverage hurts society
Alexander Kaufman, a former Huffington Post energy reporter, spoke with Melanie Ehrenkranz of “Laid Off” about the publication’s decision to end its energy coverage. Here is an excerpt: You posted that HuffPost is ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change. What are the implications of that in newsrooms? On the public? While I understand the […]
FT seeks a Houston correspondent
The Financial Times has a vacancy in Houston for a correspondent to support our world-beating coverage of the energy sector and Texas. Energy is a global industry, and the Houston correspondent is a key member of the US energy team, which complements our top-notch natural resources team in London and is growing the Energy Source […]
Energy Journalism Fellows seeking applicants
The Energy Journalism Fellows program at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy offers journalists the opportunity to learn about the intersecting disciplines shaping the global energy sector, including finance and markets, climate change, science and technology, policy, and geopolitics. What to expect Taught by CGEP scholars, Columbia faculty, and other academic, industry, and government […]
