Media Movers: Barron’s editor at large Andy Serwer

Is it OK to label Andy Serwer as American journalism royalty? After all, he spent decades at Fortune magazine writing about the likes of President Bill Clinton, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Starbucks magnate Howard Schultz and billionaire investor Warren Buffett. As a cub journalist, I watched  amazed as he deftly maneuvered between print, digital and […]

Carpenter joins new digital news organization as team leader

Jacob Carpenter has joined Houston Landing, a new accountability- and community-focused digital news organization as a team leader. Previously, Carpenter worked as a freelance newsletter writer for Fortune’s Data Sheet, a daily newsletter focused on the business of tech, and The Trust Factor, a weekly newsletter exploring the nexus of business and trust. He was […]

Fortune promotes Lutz to executive director of editorial growth

Fortune has promoted Ashley Lutz as executive director of editorial growth. Lutz has been director of social and audience since 2021. Lutz previously was at Leaf Group as its director of content and audience development in the performance brands and partners department. She had been editor in chief of The Points Guy and a vice president at parent company Red Ventures. She […]

Fortune reports strong readership, social media growth in 2022

Fortune editor in chief Alyson Shontell shared the following with the staff: – 50 colleagues joined the fortune newsroom in 2022. We had members join us from all over, including CNBC, NYT, Quartz, Reuters, Insider CNN and Forbes – We successfully returned to live events, including a new event — the Impact Initiative — plus the […]

Pringle joins Fortune’s European bureau

Eleanor Pringle has joined Fortune’s European bureau. Recently, she was a news editor at Archant. Previously, Pringle worked at the Eastern Daily Press for more than five years as a reporter, senior reporter and business correspondent. Pringle graduated from the University of East Anglia. You can congratulate Pringle via Twitter.

Royle joins Fortune as a biz reporter in London

Fortune has hired Orianna Rosa Royle as a business reporter. Recently, she was at Haymarket Media Group, where she was a senior reporter for Management Today and a news reporter/social media editor for Campaign Magazine. She was an editor at Career Gal, where she was responsible for planning, implementing and analyzing the success of all […]

Fortune’s Quiroz-Gutierrez on covering the fintech beat

Fortune magazine staff writer Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez spoke with UNC-Chapel Hill journalism professor Andy Bechtel on covering the financial technology beat. Here is an excerpt: Q. Describe your job at Fortune. What is your typical day like? A. I am on the crypto team at Fortune, and my beat mainly focuses on NFTs and the metaverse, which has been really […]

Locke departs Fortune for new opportunity

Fortune magazine reporter Taylor Locke has left the news organization for new opportunity. She had been covering cryptocurrencies. Lock previously was a money reporter at CNBC Make It covering crypto, wealth and everything related. Previously, she was an entrepreneurs reporter. Prior to joining CNBC, Locke was a segment producer and writer at Yahoo Finance. She was also a […]

Fortune hires CNBC’s Fazio to produce videos

Fortune magazine has hired Jon Fazio, a CNBC producer, to be a lead series producer. Fazio started earlier this month. He had been at CNBC for five years, producing, shooting and editing video for its website and YouTube. Fazio previously was with the MLB Network and the NHL Network as a video editor and producer. He […]

NY Times hires Warner as senior editor for DealBook

The New York Times has appointed Bernhard Warner as senior editor of DealBook, based in Rome. Warner will be a part of the team that will edit the newsletter overnight, adding late-breaking news and updating the report before it is sent each morning. He will also write longer pieces for DealBook and beyond. Warner joins from […]