How the LA Times broke the Wells Fargo story
Former Los Angeles Times business reporter E. Scott Reckard spoke to Columbia Journalism Review’s Pete Vernon about how he uncovered fraud within Wells Fargo that resulted in the bank paying $185 million in fines last week. Here is an excerpt: Going back to the beginning of your reporting on Wells Fargo, what was the process that led […]
Coverage: Wells Fargo fined $185 million for sales practices
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. was fined $185 million by local and federal authorities for “widespread illegal” sales practices that included opening as many as 2 million deposit and credit-card accounts without customers’ knowledge. Emily Glazer of The Wall Street Journal had the news: Employees at the bank, which has 40 million retail customers, in some instances […]
WSJ seeks distressed investing reporter in New York
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a resourceful and determined reporter to cover the private equity and hedge funds the specialize in distressed investing. The reporter’s coverage, for specialist publications that are part of a new initiative at WSJ, will cover these firms’ strategies and investment activities, their capital-raising and investment professionals. We need a […]
Politico names tech reporter, hires energy and financial services reporters from Bloomberg
Marty Kady, editor of Politico Pro, sent out the following staff announcement on Monday morning: Morning all, We have some exciting staff news coming out of the August recess for Pro, with a handful of new reporters on board and one big veteran reporter move within Pro. First off, Tony Romm, whose tenure pre-dates the […]
Barron’s Asia seeks a reporter in Hong Kong
Barron’s Asia seeks a motivated reporter who can write about wealth management for sophisticated investors. This is a full-time position based primarily in Hong Kong. The reporter is expected to write in English several stories a week for our “Penta” or wealth management section. The focus is on advice for wealthy families and investors, and […]
Nashville Biz Journal hires new money reporter
Nashville Business Journal editor Lori Becker sent out the following announcement: I’m excited to announce that Meg Garner will be joining the newsroom team as our new money reporter. Meg is a spring graduate of the University of North Carolina. (For those keeping count, yes, that’s two Megs from UNC in the newsroom. We just […]
Barron’s seeks mutual fund/ETF reporter
Barron’s is seeking a highly motivated writer to cover the $18 trillion mutual fund and ETF industry. Drawing upon a broad network of sources and his or her experience covering investing and the fund industry, the successful candidate will break and aggregate news while offering opinion, analysis, and actionable advice. In addition to daily blogging, […]
Hartford Courant seeks insurance reporter
This position is responsible for covering the major news and happenings in the insurance industry throughout Connecticut. Attention will be focused on the major insurers in Greater Hartford, including The Hartford, Travelers, Cigna, Aetna, and United Healthcare. Secondary beats as assigned by the business desk. Actively engage in both the print and digital platforms, updating stories […]
Pensions & Investments seeks web editor
Pensions & Investments, the international news organization covering institutional money management, is seeking a talented, experienced journalist to be our web editor, the senior editor responsible for all of our online content. P&I’s web site is our storefront to the world of subscribers and non-subscribers alike. It is the first place that most of our content […]
Quartz seeks reporter to cover the future of finance
Quartz seeks a reporter to cover the future of finance globally, spanning a broad range of finance and technology topics. You would be part of the growing Quartz team based in New York, and help shape our efforts to take bracingly creative approaches to covering business and finance news. This position would focus on the […]
