Washington Biz Journal names ME, AME and digital editor
The Washington Business Journal has promoted three staffers to the roles of managing editor, assistant managing editor and digital editor. The new managing editor is Michael Neibauer, a former associate editor and, before that, economic development reporter. He has long assembled the paper’s digital Crane Watch map of ongoing construction projects. The new assistant managing […]
Forbes hires WSJ reporter Minaya
Ezequiel Minaya, a reporter for the CFO Journal at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired as a staff writer at Forbes to cover corporate finance. He has been at the Journal and Dow Jones since December 2010. A New York City native, Minaya worked at the Los Angeles Times; McClatchy newspapers in Fresno and […]
Newcomer switches to tech and politics beat at Bloomberg
Eric Newcomer, who covers Uber for Bloomberg News, is switching to the tech and politics beat for the news organization. He joined Bloomberg in 2014. Newcomer joined from The Information, where he covered start-ups and venture capital and broke news including Amazon’s acquisition of Twitch. He will start at Bloomberg in late December. Before moving […]
Axios hires NPR’s Goo
Sara Kehaulani Goo, current managing editor for NPR, will join Axios as an executive editor starting Dec. 2. The hire comes as part of Axios’s aim to expand its tech, business, and science coverage. The company is aiming to have 200 people on staff by the end of the year, a significant increase from its […]
WSJ hires eight for finance department; five get new beat
Charles Forelle, the financial editor of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hi all, It’s always a pleasure to celebrate great stories and great people. You read the great stories, and I want to introduce you to the great people who’ve joined the Finance group or dived into new roles […]
McGill joins Axios as tech reporter
Former Politico technology policy reporter Margaret Harding McGill has joined Axios as a technology reporter. Previously, McGill has covered writing on topics including net neutrality, mergers and the growing antitrust scrutiny of tech companies. She won the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Best in Business Award for her article on the barriers to broadband access […]
NY Times hires Quartz Africa’s Dahir
New York Times assistant managing editor for international Michael Slackman sent out the following announcement: The Times has long been committed to covering Africa with depth, creativity and enterprise. Now, at a moment when so many of our correspondents have moved on to new assignments, we are looking at this as an opportunity to bring […]
Delaney leaves post as co-CEO and editor in chief at Quartz
Kevin Delaney is leaving his post as co-CEO and editor in chief at Quartz, according to reports. Delaney, who co-founded the business media organization in 2012, is departing to pursue other projects, the company announced Monday. Delaney was a reporter at The Wall Street Journal for a decade, with that time split between Paris and […]
Longtime biz journalist Talton is retiring
Jon Talton, a longtime business journalist who has been writing a column for the Seattle Times, is retiring from journalism. Talton writes, “I got into this specialty early, as business news was professionalized and became an important component to every major metropolitan paper. Who wanted to cover City Hall when the most important stories were […]
Kozlowska joining Quartz investigative team
Hanna Kozlowska is joining the investigations team at financial news site Quartz after covering tech for the site for the past two years. She previously worked for The New York Times as a writer for NYT Opinion and was a fellow at Foreign Policy magazine. She was also a stringer for the Times in Poland. […]
