How media companies internal agencies cater to fossil fuel companies
Amy Westervelt and Matthew Green write for Drilled about how the content agencies of major media companies produce misleading content for fossil fuel companies. Westervelt and Green write, “Reuters is one of at least seven major news outlets whose internal brand studio creates and publishes misleading promotional content for fossil fuel companies, according to a new report released today. Known as […]
FT reporter Chu is now covering energy
Financial Times reporter Amanda Chu is now covering the U.S. energy beat. She is also leading the Thursday edition of the revamped Energy Source newsletter. Chu has been at the FT since June 2021, when she started as an intern. She has been a data reporter and a business reporter. She is a graduate of Georgetown University […]
Energy reporter Earl to depart City AM for Politico
Nicholas Earl is set to join Politico Europe on its climate and energy team. Currently, he is an energy editor at City AM covering energy, industrials and the environment. He also has a weekly column and podcast. Earl joined City AM in October 2021 as a reporter. Before this, he covered asset management and investing […]
Squires becomes Mexico energy correspondent for Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Scott Squires is moving to Mexico City to become its Mexico energy correspondent. He will be covering Pemex and the country’s renewable energy transition. Squires has been Bloomberg’s Argentina markets correspondent for the past four years, covering sovereign debt renegotiations, bonds, foreign exchange, and equities markets. He previously worked for Reuters, also in Buenos […]
ICIS seeks a senior markets reporter in Houston
ICIS is the world’s largest petrochemical market information provider and has fast-growing energy and fertilizer divisions. Our aim is to give companies in global commodities markets a competitive advantage by delivering trusted pricing data, high-value news, analysis and independent consulting, enabling our customers to make better-informed trading and planning decisions. We have more than 30 […]
Dow Jones Newswires seeks an energy reporter in London
Dow Jones Newswires is looking for a reporter to cover the energy beat for Dow Jones Newswires, with a focus on providing actionable insights for our professional readership. You will be closely aligned with our broader commodities coverage and provide backup. You will: Closely watch market developments on a real-time basis, exercise exceptional news judgment […]
FT taps Smyth to be US energy editor
The Financial Times has appointed Jamie Smyth as U.S. energy editor in New York. Smyth will oversee coverage of the oil and gas sector, including super majors like ExxonMobil and Chevron, as well as the new investment pouring into the renewables industry thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax incentives. Smyth will also lead Energy Source, […]
Bloomberg hires Finley as editor on commodities team
Bloomberg News has hired LaKenya Finley an editor for Bloomberg’s energy and commodities group in the Americas. Finley joins from Texas Monthly where she was an assistant editor working on a wide range of Texas-centric cultural, political and news coverage, including stories on the state’s energy industry. She got her start at Newsday in the […]
Reuters seeks a senior commodities correspondent in Moscow
If you live and breathe commodities news, we’d like to speak you. We are searching for a correspondent to lead coverage of Russian metals, grains and other commodities. Russia is a commodities titan: the world’s biggest exporter of wheat, pig iron and agricultural fertilizer, the biggest diamond producer, the second-largest platinum producer, the third-largest gold, […]
Houston Chronicle seeks an energy and power grid reporter
The Houston Chronicle – named the state’s best news organization by the Texas Managing Editors five years running – is seeking a versatile reporter to tell the stories of the power grid in Texas. It is a beat that covers the legislative process, development and innovation in the renewables sector, and the retail power market. […]