S&P Global seeks associate editor for bank news
Are you seeking a rewarding leadership role? As an associate editor with the bank news team, you will deliver fast-paced news while collaborating with a team that spans four countries. Coverage includes U.S. banks and the regulations, trends and economic events that impact them. Location: Charlottesville, VA or Arlington, VA The Team: Do you love […]
Banking reporter Freed leaves Reuters
Reuters banking reporter Dan Freed has left the news organization after two and a half years. Freed has been hired as a director at D.S. Wolf Group International, which is based in New York and works with financial companies. “Reuters is an outstanding news organization, and it wasn’t an easy decision to leave, but after […]
Bloomberg’s VerHage to cover intersection of technology and finance
Bloomberg News reporter Julie VerHage, currently on its cross-assets team, is moving to a new beat covering the intersection of finance and technology. She will join Bloomberg’s tech team in mid-January and will remain based in New York. VerHage will continue to collaborate with colleagues on the finance and cross-assets teams. She will report to […]
The Kovacevich test of business journalism
Aaron Elstein, a senior reporter at Crain’s New York Business, writes about what makes news for his publication. Elstein writes, “But boss, I pleaded, the story is about a banking executive who is opening branches in supermarkets all over the South. Folks who could never make a withdrawal or deposit a check at Piggly Wiggly […]
WSJ names Reilly its deputy finance chief
Wall Street Journal finance editor Dennis Berman sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Please give a big congratulations to David Reilly, who is named the Wall Street Journal’s Deputy Chief for Finance. It is a role for which he is deeply suited. Dave has been with the Journal since 2000. He started out in Brussels, moved […]
Coverage: PricewaterhouseCoopers negligent in bank’s failure
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was negligent in connection with one of the biggest bank failures of the financial crisis, a federal judge has ruled, opening up the Big Four accounting firm to the potential of hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Michael Rapoport of The Wall Street Journal had the news: PwC violated auditing rules and didn’t […]
Barron’s hires Walsh to cover banking/fintech
Barron’s editor Katherine Bell sent out the following announcement: Hi everyone, I’m excited to share the news that Ben Walsh will join Barron’s next week as a reporter focusing on banking and fintech. Previously he was the chief business reporter at HuffPost and before that he was an online editor and business writer at Reuters. Ben began […]
New York Times seeks hedge fund reporter
The New York Times is looking for a reporter to cover the fast-moving, influential world of hedge funds. Hedge funds are everywhere — and yet are often very hard to see. They are investing money for your alma mater’s endowment and your city’s police pension fund. They are pressuring household-name companies like Procter & Gamble to […]
WSJ defends coverage of Dallas-based money manager
The Wall Street Journal defended its coverage of Highland Capital Management after the money manager accused one of its reporters for writing biased and unfair stories. The Dallas-based firm, which has $14 billion in assets under management, complained after a Nov. 27 story written by reporter Matt Wirz. In a letter posted on its website, Highland […]
NY Times hires Flitter as banking reporter
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Monday: We are excited to announce that Emily Flitter has joined Business Day as a banking reporter. Emily comes to us from Reuters, where she has pretty much covered everything in her eight years there – from the Treasury market and the Trump campaign to climate […]
