WSJ’s Tucker, Latour statement on Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal publisher and Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour and Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Thursday on the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich: Evan is free and on his way home. He was released today in a multilateral prisoner exchange that took place in Ankara, Turkey, along with […]
WSJ’s Gershkovich is being released
Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the U.S., report Jennifer Jacobs and Cagan Koc of Bloomberg News. Jacobs and Koc report, “Further details of the exchange weren’t immediately available. The US has been in extensive talks to achieve the release of […]
Winters named team lead of Bloomberg Asia wealth
Patrick Winters has been named team leader heading Bloomberg’s team of journalists covering billionaires and money flows in Asia. He has been a finance reporter in Zurich and an editor in Singapore since joining Bloomberg in July 2017. Winters also worked at Airfinance Journal and Mergermarket. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Bristol […]
FT taps Alim to cover Asian markets
Arjun Neil Alim has been named Asian markets correspondent for the Financial Times. Alim previously was covering Germany industry for the publication. He also covered the asset management industry in London. He previously worked at The Evening Standard. Alim holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics.
Bloomberg seeks a Middle East money and power reporter
Bloomberg News is seeking a well-sourced, experienced and collaborative reporter to drive coverage of the intersection of money and power in Abu Dhabi, which is one of few cities globally to manage more than $1.5 trillion in sovereign wealth. Abu Dhabi’s wealth funds, state-backed firms and royal family-linked conglomerates are deploying their wealth to pursue […]
The Economist hires Pfeffer to cover Israel
The Economist has hired Anshel Pfeffer to cover Israel on a full-time basis. He has covered Israeli politics and global affairs for over two decades. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz. “I started writing for the Haaretz Group in 1997 half a lifetime and nearly my entire career ago,” he wrote on Twitter. “It […]
Washington Post hires The Wire China’s Northrop
Washington Post international editor Doug Jehl, deputy international editor Jennifer Amur, and Asia-Pacific editor Anna Fifield sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re very happy to announce that Katrina Northrop will join The Post as a China correspondent, becoming a key member of a team covering a world power whose path is shaping the 21st […]
Financial Times seeks a New Delhi correspondent
The Financial Times is looking for an enterprising journalist to join a small team in New Delhi covering India and its neighbours at a time of historic political, economic, and financial transformation. This is a chance to cover a large beat spanning business, policy, politics, and geopolitics and contribute to coverage read in the region […]
Telegraph hires Man as business correspondent
The Telegraph has hired Pui-Guan Man as a business correspondent covering commercial property and construction. She has been at Estates Gazette as a news editor. There, she oversaw the news output for the website and magazine, working closely with writers to deliver the insights on trends affecting a wide range of commercial real estate sectors […]
MLex seeks a managing editor in Brussels
Global regulatory risk newswire MLex is looking for an Editor for its Brussels bureau. This is an opportunity to cover a wide range of regulatory stories from competition to climate, and is suited both to experienced editors and to reporters with a flair for writing who want to make the switch. The successful candidate will […]
