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.

Business Insider hires Stewart as senior tech reporter

Ashley Stewart, a tech reporter at the Puget Sound Business Journal, has been hired by Business Insider. She will be a senior tech reporter covering Amazon and Microsoft and will remain based in Seattle. “Grateful for my time and friends at PSBJ and looking forward to starting my new role next month,” she wrote on […]

Departments editor Nickalls departs Adweek

Sammy Nickalls, the departments editor at Adweek, has left the publication. She had been with the publication since November 2017. Nickalls wrote on Twitter that she is becoming a full-time freelancer. Nickalls was previously the night editor at Esquire. She also worked at HelloGiggles and Femsplain.