Fortune hires Goldman to cover artificial intelligence

Fortune magazine has hired Sharon Goldman to cover artificial intelligence. She will start this week. Goldman has been a senior reporter at VentureBeat for the past two years. Goldman previously worked as a freelance writer and was published in CIO.com, Business Insider, Adweek, Modern Jeweler, Workspan, and ALM Media/Law.com, among other publications. She is a graduate of George Washington […]

How John Huey changed Fortune

John Huey, the former head of Fortune magazine, spoke with George Gendron of the “Print is Dead” podcast about the changes he made at the magazine. Here is an excerpt: George Gendron: Wait, it “might have happened?” You were there!  John Huey: Yeah, but I’m an old guy and this was a long time ago. […]

Fortune hires Gerut as West Coast news editor

Fortune magazine has hired Amanda Gerut as West Coast editor for news. Gerut previously was associate editor of Agenda Week, where she worked for more than 13 years. She was also reporter, associate editor and managing editor for BoardIQ, a Financial Times publication. Gerut holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from New York University.

Fortune hires Smith as an editor

Fortune magazine has hired Dave Smith to be an editor on the news, real estate and success teams. He previously was at The Messenger as deputy editor for the homepage and story production. Before The Messenger, Smith was a deputy editor on Business Insider’s owned & operated audience team, which included homepage, notifications, and newsletters. Smith had […]

Fortune seeks a West Coast business editor

Fortune is seeking an experienced, creative, enterprising editor to serve as a key part of our news operation in the U.S. and help the executive news editor grow digitally.  This is an important role on the global news team. Our West Coast Business News editor will help shape how we cover the big business, economics, finance, […]

Fortune hires Garfinkle as senior finance reporter

Fortune magazine has hired Alexandra Garfinkle as a senior finance reporter for its “Term Sheet” newsletter. She has been at Yahoo Finance as a senior technology reporter since March 2022. Garfinkle has previously been at P&C Specialist, part of Money-Media, a Financial Times operation. Garfinkle was previously a reporter at The Deal, part of Euromoney Institutional Investor, where she […]

Fortune names Roberts its finance editor

Fortune magazine has named Jeff John Roberts its finance editor, overseeing the intersection between money and power. Roberts has been the magazine’s crypto editor and will still write about cryptocurrencies. He rejoined Fortune in June 2022 after being executive editor at Decrypt Media. He previously covered legal issues in the tech industry for Fortune. Roberts also was […]

Fortune hires Del Rey to cover tech

Fortune magazine has hired Jason Del Rey as a technology reporter. Most recently, he had been a Recode senior correspondent. Del Rey has spent the last nine years reporting on Amazon, the e-commerce industry, and how technology is transforming brick-and-mortar retail. He wrote the book “Winner Sells All” about the retail battle between Walmart vs. Amazon and its effect […]

Fortune real estate editor Lambert departs

Fortune magazine real estate editor Lance Lambert has left the publication for a new opportunity, which he will announce Wednesday. He has been in that role since December 2022. Lambert previously was editorial director of Fortune Education. He was analytics editor and associate data editor. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in […]

Fortune’s Kowitt joining Bloomberg Opinion

Tim O’Brien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, sent out the following to the staff: Hello Folks — Bob Burgess and I are pleased to let you know that Beth Kowitt will be joining Opinion in New York as a senior columnist covering Corporate America. Beth is a senior editor at Fortune, where she has […]