Patterson joins Digiday as audio and multimedia producer

Sara Patterson has joined Digiday as an audio and multimedia producer. Previously, she has worked as an associate audio producer and then as an audio producer at HuffPost. She was also an associate podcast producer at Bloomberg. Patterson also served as a podcast and video intern at FiveThirtyEight. She has also interned at Philadelphia City […]

Waugh departs HuffPost for i Paper

Paul Waugh is joining the i Paper as chief political commentator. Previously, he was executive editor, politics at HuffPost. In addition, Waugh has had his work featured in MSN U.K., The Independent, Yahoo, Evening Standard and more.

Peck joins Fundrise as content director

Emily Peck has joined Fundrise as a content director, with her first project being building a newsletter, covering economics, business, psychology, gender and tech. However, she will still be continuing at Slate Money and working freelance from time to time. Previously, Peck was an executive editor and reporter at HuffPost. She has also held editorial […]

The i Paper makes two new hires

The i Paper has hired Arj Singh as a deputy political editor. Currently, Singh is deputy political editor at HuffPost U.K. Before that, he was a political correspondent at The Yorkshire Post. Singh has also worked at Press Association for 8 years as a trainee news reporter, news reporter and political reporter. He has also […]

Daily Mirror hires Wearmouth as senior political correspondent

Rachel Wearmouth has joined the Daily Mirror as a senior political correspondent. She comes from HuffPost, where she was a political correspondent. Wearmouth has also worked as a politics and investigations reporter, the Sunday Post at DC Thomson. She has also taught newswriting and public affairs modules to journalism students on NCTJ-accredited course at University […]

CBC Toronto hires Beattie as reporter

Samantha Beattie has joined CBC Toronto as a reporter covering city issues, the pandemic and other stories for digital and radio. She joins from HuffPost Canada where she was a senior reporter. She has also worked as a reporter at Toronto Star and was a reporter and photographer at Metroland Media Group. She was also […]

The i Paper appoints Day as Northern correspondent

The i Paper has hired Aasma Day as Northern correspondent. Previously, she was a North of England correspondent at HuffPost U.K. Before that, she was an investigative reporter and lifestyle editor at Lancashire Post. She also led the Johnston Press investigations team. She has also worked at The Guardian, Aol, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News U.K., […]

Barnes leaves HuffPost to go freelance

Becky Barnes is leaving HuffPost to work as a freelance journalist. Barnes has been with HuffPost for more than 4 years, joining as a social media editor and recently serving as an audience editor. She has also worked as a BT.com news reporter and as a social media journalist/multimedia reporter at Press Association. She was […]

Edwards-Levy departs HuffPost for CNN

Ariel Edwards-Levy is joining CNN as polling and election analytics editor. Previously, she was a senior reporter and polling editor at HuffPost. Edwards-Levy had been with HuffPost for more than 9 years, joining as a politics intern and then serving as associate polling editor. She was then named open reporting editor before holding the post […]

HuffPost appoints Belton as editor-in-chief

HuffPost has named Danielle Belton its new editor-in-chief. Belton starts on Apr. 12 and will be reporting to Mark Schoofs, editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. She will be based in New York. Belton joins from The Root where she had been for more than 6 years, joining as an associate editor, and then serving as a […]