The first female AME at Fortune magazine
Kathryn Auten, a UNC-Chapel Hill business journalism major, interviewed Wyndham Robertson, who was the first female assistant managing editor at Fortune, about her career. Here is an excerpt: Auten: Could you tell me about some of your experiences as an editor? Robertson: I liked being an editor. I was considered a very heavy-handed editor. I […]
Time Inc. publications hire two for auto coverage
Time Inc. has hired Sue Callaway as senior editor for automotive. In this new position, Callaway will oversee editorial coverage of the automotive industry across titles, including Fortune, Time, Sports Illustrated, Money, Real Simple and other brands. Callaway will also develop potential new automotive initiatives for Time Inc. Joining Callaway in covering the auto industry is Jason H. […]
Mashable hires Fortune’s Mangalindan as tech writer
Mashable announced Monday that it has hired JP Mangalindan as a tech reporter in its San Francisco bureau. Mangalindan will cover the giants of the social media world, Facebook, Twitter, Tinder, Pinterest, Snapchat, Secret, WhatsApp, WeChat and those that are yet to be conceived. He’ll focus his efforts on the forces and companies that are […]
Fortune.com has record October, hires new staffers and columnists
Fortune magazine editor in chief Alan Murray sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: As you all know, we’ve made some major changes to Fortune.com in recent months, launching a number of new verticals, increasing staff, and increasing content volume and social promotion. Readers are responding. We’ve broken traffic records once again in October, hitting […]
New editor: Fortune’s future is in building its brand
The future of Fortune magazine is in building the brand of the magazine as well as its staff writers, said new editor Alan Murray on Friday. Fortune “is an iconic brand of business journalism,” said Murray. “And I am a big believer in brands.” Murrya mentioned technology coverage, the Fortune 500, the Most Powerful Women, […]
Biz journalists win Front Page Awards
The Newswomen’s Club of New York named Thursday the winners of the 2014 Front Page Awards, and six of them came from business journalism. Jennifer Reingold of Fortune won in the business reporting category for “Squeezing Heinz.” In the wire services categories, Megan Twohey of Reuters won in in-depth reporting for “The Child Exchange” while Janet […]
Fortune.com’s traffic up 27.5 percent since launch
Fortune.com, which launched in June after nearly a decade of the business magazine placing its content on CNNMoney.com, has seen its traffic increase by more than 25 percent in its first four months online. The site recorded 10.2 million unique visitors and 39.5 million page views in September, according to Omniture. That’s up 27.5 percent […]
The woman behind Fortune’s Most Powerful Women
Lois Romano of Politico profiles Patricia Sellers, Fortune’s senior editor at large and a formidable player in the world of business journalism. Romano writes, “She is on a first-name basis with every female corporate powerhouse in the country and offers a blunt assessment of why more talented women are not at the top of the […]
Warren Buffett, Paul Anka sing to Carol Loomis
Billionaire Warren Buffet and singer/songwriter Paul Anka sang their version of “My Girl” to recently retired Fortune writer Carol Loomis at the Most Powerful Women summit on Monday. Caroline Fairchild of Fortune writes, “At Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, CA, Buffett and singer-songwriter Paul Anka paid tribute to longtime Fortune writer Carol […]
Fortune expands, promotes for Most Powerful Women franchise
Fortune editor Alan Murray sent out the following announcement on Monday: As we kick off the 16th annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel today, I want to share some exciting news about the expansion of that franchise on our digital platforms and some related staff promotions. Today marks the debut of the […]
