Fortune announces hiring of 12 new staffers

Fortune editor-in-chief Clifton Leaf sent the following note to staff on Monday: Dear colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to welcome several new writers and editors to FORTUNE and to announce one well-deserved promotion. Rachel Schallom joins FORTUNE as deputy digital editor, based in the New York office. Rachel, who until recently was managing editor […]

Tech reporter Wong leaving Mashable for Input

Raymond Wong, senior tech correspondent at Mashable, is leaving the website after five years to become senior reviews editor at Input magazine. He starts on Monday. At Mashable, Wong reviews gadgets and tech toys and analyzes the tech industry. Before arriving at Mashable, he was the deputy editor of NBC Universal’s tech publication DVICE. His […]

Barron’s Childs is joining “Planet Money”

Business journalist Mary Childs, who has been a senior reporter at Barron’s since the beginning of 2018, is joining “Planet Money,” National Public Radio’s show. She will be a reporter and host. She has already been doing segments called “Finance Fridays with Mary” on “Planet Money” sister show “The Indicator.” Childs is an award-winning financial […]

Bloomberg announces multiple editorial staff changes

John Micklethwait, editor in chief of Bloomberg News, announced a number of staff changes in advance of its annual editorial and research managers’ meeting. They include: Executive editor Madeleine Lim moves to Hong Kong from New York and will take over North Asia, including China, Japan and the Koreas. Executive editor Sarah Wells will take […]

Tate joins USA Today to cover travel

Curtis Tate has joined USA Today as their senior travel reporter. Tate will be bringing 16 years of journalistic experience to the company and will be overlooking various tasks including the content production. He will be based in Louisville, Kentucky. Previously, Tate has served as transportation reporter at North Jersey Media Group and as a […]

NY Times hires Barbieri as deputy biz editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce that Rich Barbieri will join us as deputy business editor. Rich comes to us from CNN, where he is executive editor of CNN Business. He has been at CNN for about 12 years, and now oversees a […]

Youngstown Biz Journal hires entertainment editor

The Youngstown Business Journal in Ohio has hired Guy D’Astolfo as entertainment editor. A story on its website states, “D’Astolfo covered the entertainment scene for 14 years for The Vindicator. A native of Pittsburgh, he graduated from Duquesne University with a degree in journalism. “Before coming to Youngstown, he worked as a reporter, copy editor […]

Saraiva to join Fed team at Bloomberg

Peggy Collins, U.S. economy managing editor at Bloomberg News, sent out the following announcement on Monday: To all on U.S. Eco: We’re delighted to announce that Catarina Saraiva will be joining the Fed team, based in Houston, covering regional Fed banks and focusing on trends in the labor market and broader economy. Catarina is a […]

Reuters hires Satter to cover cybersecurity and tech policy

Reuters has hired reporter Raphael Satter to cover cybersecurity and tech policy. His first day was Monday. Satter previously had been at the Associated Press from 2005, primarily from London and writing about the intersection of technology and humanity. He also wrote about cybersecurity, espionage, biometrics, civil liberty, corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, theft, fraud, […]

Digiday hires Barber to cover media

Digiday has hired Kayleigh Barber to cover the media industry. Barber previously worked at Folio for the past 18 months. She was an assistant editor there. She is a graduate of Penn State University, where she was editor in chief of the Valley magazine.