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 […]

CNBC, Bloomberg, STAT News and Fortune among EPPY winners

Editor and Publisher named the winners of its 2022 EPPY Award, which honor the best in digital journalism. The business journalism winners are: Best business reporting (1 million or more unique visitors) “The ESG Mirage” by Bloomberg  Best business reporting (Fewer than 1 million unique visitors) “How a major health care system is operating like a […]

Fortune hires Sen as senior features editor

Fortune magazine has hired Indrani Sen as its senior features editor. She will start in October. Sen has been a culture editor for the New York Times opinion section since April 2021. Before that, she worked at Medium as editor in chief of Forge and then director of two other publications — GEN and ZORA. She was […]