WSJ hires Wellisz for economy team
The Wall Street Journal has hired Chris Wellisz to join its team covering the economy. He will be a news editor and will be based in Washington. Wellisz has spent the last three years at the International Monetary Fund. He previously worked 15 years at Bloomberg News, where he directed coverage of economies, policy and […]
Bloomberg hires Batra as digital news editor in Hong Kong
Supriya Batra has been appointed the new digital news editor for Bloomberg News in Hong Kong Previously, she has worked as a fact check reporting intern at AFP and as a United Nations volunteer at iuventum. Additionally, she has also interned at India Today, Time Magazine and AIESEC in Mainland of China. She also has […]
Acosta joins WSJ as digital mag reporter
Deborah Acosta has joined The Wall Street Journal as reporter for a new digital magazine which targets younger audiences. According to her tweet, the new magazine is expected to launch early in 2020. In her previous jobs, Acosta has held the positions of reporter/producer and public insight analyst at The New York Times and The […]
Barron’s hires Price as a senior producer
Barron’s has hired Brian Price as a senior producer for “MarketBrief,” its new video show done in tandem with MarketWatch.com. Price has most recently been a booking producer for Cheddar. He also spent a year as executive producer at Real Vision. He also worked at CNBC for two years as a booking producer and writer and at […]
Variety hires Vary from BuzzFeedNews
Variety has hired journalist Adam B. Vary as senior entertainment writer to cover the business of genre storytelling and fandom across movies, television and streaming platforms. A Variety story states, “Vary will write a weekly column as well as produce cover stories and inside features, break news on Variety.com, and contribute to Variety’s new video […]
Bloomberg Atlanta bureau chief stepping into senior editing role
Anita Sharpe, the Atlanta bureau chief for Bloomberg News for the past 10 years, is moving out of that position into an editing role. Sharpe has joined the economy team as a senior editor for a new initiative called Real Economy, which goes beyond the numbers to show how economic conditions are impacting people in […]
Roula Khalaf to succeed Lionel Barber as Financial Times editor
Lionel Barber will be replaced by a first-ever female editor, Roula Khalaf, as Financial Times editor. Khalaf has served as deputy editor with FT emphasizing her role in leading its foreign reporting and her work on increasing newsroom diversity and attracting more female readers. She has also worked at Forbes, where she wrote an early […]
Balaraman hired to report for Utility Dive
Kavya Balaraman has been hired to report for Utility Dive, an Industry Dive publication. Her first day was Monday. She has been at NewsData Corp. since Mary 2017, reporting on energy policy and utility regulation, and tracking key stories that reflect California’s push toward its ambitious clean energy targets. She covered a wide-ranging beat that included […]
Berry moves to global position at Bloomberg News
Lauren Berry, managing editor of data-driven news and automation at Bloomberg News, is moving to a global position focusing on the same areas. She will remain based in New York but will be working more with Bloomberg’s other regions to improve their data-driven news. Berry has been with Bloomberg News since September 2008 and is […]
Zelaya hired as reporter at Adweek
Ian Zelaya has been hired as Adweek’s newest experiential marketing reporter. His new role started last week. Previously, he served as a news editor at BizBash and as a staff writer at the Baltimore STYLE Magazine. He has also worked as a contributing writer at GALO Magazine and Latino Post Company. Additionally, he also served […]
