Newsweek hires Brar as China news reporter
Aadil Brar will join Newsweek as a China news reporter based in Taipei. Since January 2023, he has been a visiting scholar at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. Brar also freelanced and was a digital journalist/China editor at BBC News. Brar has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and an MSc. from SOAS […]
ABC’s Gearin to depart after 30 years
Mary Gearin, presenter and senior reporter at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is set to depart. She wrote on X/Twitter: “This Saturday night’s ABC News bulletin will be my last. After 30 years on and off at the ABC, I’m calling time. Like many people, I’ve been looking at life in a new way since […]
Bauer Media Audio names Mohr president
The following excerpt was sent out from prolificnorth.co.uk: Vivian Mohr is stepping aside from his role as CFO and COO of the OCP business of Bauer Media Group to take on the role as president of Bauer Media Audio. In his new role, he will be charged with driving the transformation of the audio business […]
WSJ editor Tucker on Gershkovich detention
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Friday: Dear all, Our colleague Evan Gershkovich now has been wrongfully detained by Russia for six months; it remains as much of an outrage today as it has been every moment since his arrest. We continue to stand with Evan and with his family, […]
Mahal departs Business Insider for the AP
Pavan Mahal, an audience editor at Business Insider, has left to join The Associated Press as digital manager for curation and engagement. Mahal joined Insider in June 2019 as a social media fellow. She also served as an associate distribution producer and distribution producer. She also curated the homepage for BusinessInsider.com, Insider.com, and the […]
McClure becomes commissioning editor at The Guardian
The Guardian has tapped Tess McClure to serve as a commissioning editor. In her new role, she will cover nature, species loss and the biodiversity crisis. She will also edit the “age of extinction” section. Recently, McClure held the post of Aotearoa New Zealand correspondent. Previously, she worked as a research associate at the Interdisciplinary […]
Elle UK names O’Malley site editor
Katie O’Malley, deputy digital editor at Elle UK, has taken on the role of site editor. She joined the magazine in September 2019 as acting deputy digital editor. Since then, O’Malley has also served as an acting digital editor. Before this, she was an assistant lifestyle editor at The Independent, and from June 2016 to […]
OCCRP hires Geoghegan as investigative journalist
Peter Geoghegan has joined The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project as an investigative journalist to work on a project about money and influence in U.K. politics. Since January 2007, Geoghegan has been freelancing for The Guardian, Scotsman, Irish Times, Belfast Telegraph, Foreign Policy, Sunday Independent and Sunday Business Post. He served as an investigations […]
The Independent hires Bedigan as West Coast reporter
Michael Bedigan has joined The Independent as a West Coast reporter. Recently, he was a Los Angeles correspondent at PA Media, where he worked for four years, previously as a reporter. Previously, Bedigan freelanced and interned at the Manchester Evening News. There, he assisted with research for articles both in and out of the office. […]
Gershkovich to receive Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism
Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter jailed in Russia for nearly 150 days, will receive the 2023 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism from Colby College. Gershkovich, who writes about Russia for The Journal, has been detained in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison since his arrest in late March. Gershkovich joined the Journal’s Moscow bureau […]
