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 […]
Reuters seeks M&A correspondent for EMEA
Reuters is looking for an ambitious M&A Correspondent with a proven record of developing sources and breaking agenda-setting financial and business stories. In this position, you will be first to report on the most significant deals as well as being a leading voice on key trends and developments in the industry. You will seek out […]
FT taps Walker to be Singapore correspondent
The Financial Times has named Owen Walker to be its Singapore correspondent. Walker currently covers European banks, primarily Swiss, French, Italian, Spanish and Benelux lenders. He was previously asset management correspondent and his reporting on Neil Woodford’s downfall contributed to the FT winning business and finance team of the year at the 2019 Society of Editors’ Press […]
Semafor hires Sergie as editor of Gulf edition
Semafor has hired Mohammed Sergie to be editor of its new Gulf edition. He was previously an editor at Bloomberg News where he shaped coverage of energy and commodities in the region and was the company’s sole reporter in Qatar. Prior to Bloomberg, he was a senior writer/editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he wrote […]
The life and career of WSJ’s Gershkovich
Eliot Brown of The Wall Street Journal writes about the life of Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, sentenced last week to 16 years in a Russian prison. Brown writes, “A soccer star in high school at Princeton’s public schools, Evan studied philosophy at Bowdoin College in Maine and then moved to New York after a year in Thailand. […]
Cheng, fired WSJ reporter, writes about her experience
Selina Cheng, The Wall Street Journal reporter fired after being elected president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, writes about her experience for Columbia Journalism Review. Cheng writes, “Because I was the only candidate running for chair, my withdrawal would have meant that union operations were paralyzed. So when I won, I stayed on. For […]
National Press Club: WSJ’s Gershkovich is a journalist
Following is a statement from Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club on the outrageous and unjust sentence of 16 years in a Russian penal colony assigned to journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal — for the practice of journalism: “Words are insufficient to express our outrage at the conviction of journalist […]
International press groups support Cheng, fired by WSJ
International press organizations and a top U.S. congressional panel are leading a growing chorus of support for Hong Kong Journalists Association chairwoman Selina Cheng, who said she was fired by The Wall Street Journal for assuming her leadership role in the union, reports Connor Mycroft of the South China Morning Post. Mycroft reports, “Other press groups that […]
Russian court sentences WSJ’s Gershkovich to 16 years
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after being wrongfully convicted in a hurried, secret trial, reports Georgi Kantchev of The Journal. Kantchev reports, “The court’s Friday verdict—after three days of hearings—was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion, since acquittals in Russian espionage trials are exceedingly rare. Gershkovich was afforded […]
