Fortune hires Gossage as director of news
Fortune magazine has hired Bobbie Gossage to be its director of news. She will start June 1. “I’m honored and thrilled to be joining this incredible team and working with so many talented business journalists whose work I have long admired,” she wrote on Twitter. She most recently had been the deputy editor at Marker, Medium’s business publication. […]
Fortune seeks a newsletters editor
Fortune is hiring a thoughtful and energetic newsletters editor to oversee our growing suite of 17+ newsletters ranging in subjects from finance to tech to corporate leadership. This is an important role in a newsroom that values kindness, experimentation, and telling good stories in any format. We are looking for someone with the collaboration skills […]
Fortune launches its higher ed coverage with online MBA rankings
Fortune announced Monday the launch of Fortune Education, which will cover the business of higher education. It will start with business school rankings and will continue on to ranking and rating various graduate, post-graduate, executive education and personal and professional improvement programs. The web page will include articles, insights, and ongoing reporting about what prospective students […]
Fortune seeks a reporter to cover finance news
Fortune magazine is seeking a smart and energetic journalist to report and write daily finance news. We’re looking for a reporter who can think critically about the biggest news stories and find interesting angles that make us stand out. You should feel comfortable reporting on one or more of these areas: the stock market, banking, […]
Lambert named editorial director of Fortune Education
Fortune magazine editor in chief Clifton Leaf sent out the following announcement on Thursday afternoon: Fortune has a long history of finding and recognizing talent from within—and so it is with great pleasure that I announce that Lance Lambert has been promoted again, this time to Editorial Director of Fortune Education, our soon-to-be-launched platform designed to help business professionals […]
AP, WSJ, BusinessWeek, Fortune among Deadline Club Award finalists
The New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has named the finalists for its Deadline Club Awards. The business journalism category finalists are: Business Feature Christopher Cannon and Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg Businessweek, “How the American Worker Got Fleeced” Jared S. Hopkins, The Wall Street Journal, “How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record […]
Fortune hires three new staffers in Europe
Fortune magazine has hired three editorial staffers in Europe to expand its daily news coverage. Siva Sithraputhran joined as the editor running the new daily news coverage team based in Europe. He has been a freelancer for the past six years, but he previously worked for Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Thomson Financial News and AFX […]
Fortune editor Leaf talks about its change to digital and daily conversations
Fortune editor in chief Clifton Leaf talked about the changes made at the business magazine under its new owner, Thai blockchain billionaire Chatchaval Jiaravanon, with Paul Blanchard on the “Media Masters” podcast. Leaf noted that Fortune pivoted its events business to hold virtual events, and that the magazine had its best digital year ever. “It is where our focus […]
Fortune lost $10 million in 2020, sees light at the end of the tunnel
Fortune magazine lost $10 million in 2020, primarily due to the effects of the pandemic, writes Steven Perlberg of Business Insider. Perlberg writes, “In October, the magazine also launched Fortune Connect, a community for mid-career professionals offering weekly programming. “An annual membership costs $2,500, and Murray said the new venture has brought in about $5 million in […]
Fortune CEO Murray: Our future has never looked brighter
Fortune magazine CEO Alan Murray sent the following to the staff on Tuesday: Team — As you probably know, members of Fortune’s U.S. union decided to implement a 24-hour work stoppage today. This is surprising and unfortunate. Fortune has negotiated, and will continue to negotiate, in good faith with the union. I will leave details to the […]
