Task named digital editor of Fortune
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following announcement to the staff on Friday: I am delighted to announce that Aaron Task, formerly editor-in-chief of Yahoo Finance, will become Digital Editor of Fortune, effective September 24. Aaron is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering business and finance. Before joining Yahoo in 2008, […]
Fortune.com traffic doubles under Murray
Fortune.com visitors have doubled since Alan Murray took over as editor of the business magazine. Unique visitors to the site increased 100 percent to 15.9 million in August 2015 compared to the same month a year ago. In addition, mobile visitors to the site increased 390 percent to 6.4 million during the same time period. […]
When a mom checked up on a Fortune reporter
Andy Serwer, now editor in chief of Yahoo Finance, writes on LinkedIn about mentoring young reporter Julia Boorstin, now at CNBC. Serwer writes, “I think she had written for the school’s literary magazine. So she was either going to try be the next Joyce Carol Oates, or the next Carol Loomis. Julia chose the latter. […]
WSJ, Sloan win National Press Club awards
The Wall Street Journal won first-place awards for consumer journalism and humor writing in the 2015 National Press Club Journalism Contest. Allan Sloan of Fortune magazine won the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis for his groundbreaking investigation of a financial ploy known as inversion that is costing the U.S. Treasury millions of dollars. The […]
Fortune launching video show “The Chat”
Patricia Sellers of Fortune writes about the magazine’s new video show called “The Chat.” Sellers writes: Fortune is launching a new video interview show that will feature prominent business leaders in an interactive “ask me anything” format. This Thursday, Fortune will launch The Chat at Facebook’s offices in Menlo Park, California, with an hour-long interview […]
Fortune, NY Times among Deadline Club winners for biz journalism
Fortune and the New York Times were among the financial news media that won 2015 awards from the Deadline Club. The winners were announced Tuesday night in New York. Peter Elkind and Marty Jones of Fortune won the award for best business feature for “Citizenship for Sale,” which examined how rich foreigners are able to […]
Fortune’s new web head wants to improve user experience
Since launching nearly a year ago, Fortune’s website has become the No. 11 site among business and financial news sites with 13.8 million unique visitors in March. It’s Mark Gongloff‘s job to keep that growth going. Gongloff starts Monday as Fortune’s digital editor, replacing Deborah Caldwell. Fortune’s web operations, and its technology coverage, have been […]
Fortune names Gongloff its digital editor
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following staff hire announcement on Wednesday morning: I am delighted to announce that Mark Gongloff will become the Digital Editor of Fortune, effective May 4. Mark will be responsible for all of Fortune’s rapidly expanding digital journalism, which reached more than 17 million unique visitors in March – double the audience […]
Writing Maytag magazine articles led to legendary biz journalism career
Michael Dinan of the New Canaanite in Connecticut interviewed legendary Fortune business journalist Carol Loomis about her career. Here is an excerpt: You came out of the University of Missouri in 1951 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and launched what would become a celebrated career as a financial journalist soon after. I’m curious to […]
Huey to receive Elliott Bell award
John Huey, former top editor at Fortune magazine, has been named the recipient of the Elliott V. Bell Award by the New York Financial Writers’ Association. The award is named after the NYFWA’s founding president, a former Business Week editor, and recognizes individuals who have made long-term contributions to financial journalism and have had a […]
