Fortune’s Carol Loomis talks about her 60-year career
Ryan Chittum of the Columbia Journalism Review spoke with Fortune‘s Carol Loomis, who recently retired from full-time writing at the business magazine after 60+ years. One of the highlights is Loomis discussing how her famous stories about derivatives originated. Here is an excerpt: CL: There were actually two of them. One in 1994 and one […]
Fortune seeks a social media editor
Fortune is seeking an experienced editor to oversee its profiles on various social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn) and manage its audience engagement and growth. Experience The ideal candidate will have a business news/journalism background and must have at least one year of professional experience in online journalism, preferably with branded social media accounts. […]
New Fortune editor Murray on his challenges
New Fortune editor in chief Alan Murray writes for the Sept. 22 issue about his challenges, which he says are “making sure that Fortune’s great journalism is available to you on multiple platforms so that you get the information, analysis, and insights you need wherever, whenever, and in whatever form you choose.” Murray writes, “As […]
Assessing the biz news site redesigns
Ricardo Bilton of Digiday looks at how some business news sites — Quartz, Fortune and Bloomberg — redesigned themselves to be more appealing. On Quartz, Bilton writes, “Qz.com is now home to The Brief, a summarized list of top stories from not only Quartz itself but other news sites as well. It’s a significant departure from […]
Fortune’s Hempel to join Wired
Jessi Hempel, a senior writer at Fortune magazine, has resigned to join Wired magazine. She writes on Medium: Today, I’m thrilled to share the news that I am joining WIRED as a senior writer covering the business of technology. It’s hard to leave a journalistic organization as rich in quality and history as Fortune. It […]
Fortune to start daily newsletter called Data Sheet
Fortune has launched a new daily newsletter called the Data Sheet. Fortune senior editor Andrew Nusca writes about the newsletter: But here’s the truth: we’re all busy. Anything to help distill or explain the day’s news leaves us more time to get work done. Which is why we’ve launched Data Sheet, named after the technical […]
Murray’s note to Pew staff on leaving for Fortune
Alan Murray, the president of the Pew Research Center, sent the following note to his staff on resigning to become the next editor of Fortune: It is with very mixed emotions that I announce I am leaving at the end of the month to become Editor of Fortune magazine. This is not a job I […]
Alan Murray named editor of Fortune
Alan Murray has been named editor of Fortune, it was announced Tuesday. Murray will be the 17th editor since Fortune was founded in 1930 by Henry R. Luce. He will oversee one of the world’s leading business publications, websites, and conference businesses, with more than 13 million readers worldwide in print, online, mobile and social […]
Examining the last piece of biz reporting from Loomis — and her ethics
John Kimelman of Barron’s writes Tuesday about the Fortune story by retiring business journalism legend Carol Loomis about BlackRock, but not before examining her ethics. Kimelman writes, “Loomis, 85, goes down as one of the most celebrated financial journalists ever. Like the late Alan Abelson of Barron’s, another journalistic legend, she didn’t quit her job […]
Fortune adds daily newsletter aimed at news about powerful women
Fortune launched Tuesday a new daily online newsletter The Broadsheet, which highlights news on the world’s most powerful women. It is also an extension of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women franchise. Senior editor at large Patricia Sellers writes, “Every weekday morning starting July 8, Fortune reporter Caroline Fairchild will deliver news about the world’s most prominent women, touch on hot-button […]
