Tampa Bay Times lays off seven journalists
On Thursday, Tampa Bay Times laid off 7 of its newsroom staff including five full-timers and two part-timers. In addition, two other openings are not being filled, reports Poynter. Among those laid off is award-winning sports columnist Martin Fennelly, who joined the Times from the Tampa Tribune in 2016. The newspaper has also decided to […]
NY Times has a new Andes bureau chief
In 2012, Julie Turkewitz was a stringer for Metro, pitching stories and fighting for every byline. By 2014, she was hired full-time by The Times. Now, she will move on to cover international as its new Andes bureau chief, starting in early December, reports the New York Times. When she joined the National desk and […]
USA Today hires personal finance and markets reporter
USA Today has hired Jessica Menton to cover personal finance and the financial markets. Menton will be starting this week according to her tweet. Prior to joining USA Today, Menton was working at The Wall Street Journal as its markets reporter and senior platform editor. She also served as a news editor at WSJ. Menton […]
Wired hires Chokkattu as senior associate editor
Former Digital Trends mobile and wearables editor Julian Chokkattu will be leaving the company on Thursday. He will be moving to Wired as its senior associate editor for reviews, Chokkattu tweets. Prior to working at Digital Trends, Chokkattu served as page producer at The Star-Ledger. He also worked as an intern and as a news […]
Wall Street Journal corp team taps nine for new positions
Jamie Heller, the business editor of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Friday afternoon: Hello everyone, We have several exciting moves to share in corp. Scott Austin has taken on a role on the business side with the partnerships team. Scott spent 19 years as a reporter and editor at The […]
Pearl promoted to Adweek senior writer and ME for Brandweek
Diana Pearl has been promoted to a senior writer at Adweek and managing editor of its quarterly publication Brandweek, which will be out on Nov. 4. Pearl has been a staff writer for Adweek where she covers brand marketing. Previously, she was a writer and reporter at People Magazine. She covers the business of brands, […]
Ortiz promoted to senior editor at Adweek
Nicole Ortiz has been promoted to senior editor at Adweek. Ortiz has been the community editor at Adweek, where she focuses on garnering op-ed pieces for the Voice channel and manages Adweek’s communities, such as the Advisory Board, Voice Network and Academic Council. She also helps lead newsroom initiatives on diversity and inclusion. Ortiz previously […]
Morris becomes tech deals reporter at Business Insider
Olivia Oran, deputy editor of finance coverage at Business Insider, sent out the following announcement on Friday: Hi team! In case you missed the newsroom meeting this morning, I wanted to send around a note about Meghan Morris‘ new role on the finance team. Meghan will be taking on Becky’s role as tech deals reporter. […]
Forbes hires editors to oversee small biz, CIO and CFO sections
Forbes chief content officer Randall Lane announced Friday the appointments of senior editors who will direct and lead coverage of Forbes’ Small Business, CIO and CFO sections. Maneet Ahuja, recently a senior editor for CNBC and an Under 30 alumnus, joins as small business senior editor. Martin Giles, the former San Francisco bureau chief for […]
Maryland paper hires Riley to be business reporter
Erika Riley has been hired by the Frederick News Post in Maryland to be a business reporter. She started this week. Riley has been interning this summer for the newspaper in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as a features reporter. She wrote stories for all sections of features including books, living, and food. She also worked on a […]
