Worcester daily lays off biz columnist

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette laid off several employees Tuesday. The newspaper let go of Peter Cohan, a business author and Babson College lecturer. Cohan wrote a business column once or twice a week for the Telegram for about eight years. The parent company of Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Gatehouse Media, is currently involved in […]

Tech reporter Lorenz joining NY Times’ Culture of Tech team

Choire Sicha of the New York Times sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Taylor Lorenz beat the Styles desk on three stories in one month. We had some options about how to handle that. The easiest and most humane solution was … we hired her. Take it from our friend Kevin Roose, who says: […]

Reuters journalist soars to the sky in new career

Victoria Bryan is leaving journalism and Reuters global aerospace and defense team to go to flight school. “Looking forward to the challenge immensely,” she tweeted. “I’ve written about European airlines for five years, and now I want to work in the cockpit,” she wrote last September. “First, there’s the thrill of flying. Aviation fascinates me. […]

Berna appointed supervising producer at CNBC’s “Fast Money”

CNBC’s Ben Berna has been named supervising producer of “Fast Money.” Berna was most recently CNBC’s director, marketing and data news. Fast Money is billed on CNBC as America’s post-market show. It is hosted by Melissa Lee and a roundtable of top traders. His responsibilities on the program include oversight of the sponsorship-related content the […]

CNBC.com hires news editor, data visualization journalist

CNBC.com managing editor Jeffrey McCracken sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I am pleased to announce two new hires for the CNBC.com newsroom. First, Chris Eudaily joins as a news editor who will help oversee CNBC.com and manage breaking news during the day. For the previous five years, he worked for the San Antonio Express-News, first as a […]

Terry Nguyen joins Vox’s The Goods

Terry Nguyen will be joining The Goods as a staff writer. The Goods by Vox focuses on American consumerism, and helps to explain why individuals buy the products and services. Nguyen previously worked as a contributing writer for Teen Vogue. Nguyen also worked as a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education from January 2019 […]

Damian Paletta named Washington Post’s new economic editor

Damian Paletta has been appointed the Washington Post’s new economic editor. Paletta joins the editing team after spending several years at The Post as one of the country’s leading writers covering the White House and economic policy. Since joining The Post in early 2017, he has broken major stories about the Trump era — government […]

Washington Post names Goldenberg its Sunday biz editor

Washington Post business editor David Cho and deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We’re thrilled to announce that Suzanne Goldenberg will become the new Sunday Business Editor. Suzanne has spent the past 2 1/2 years as an economics and policy editor, overseeing some of our biggest enterprise and news […]

Shawn Carter joining Fox Business Network

Shawn Carter will join Fox Business Network to cover topics related to business and money. Carter previously worked for CNBC as a staff writer from July 2017 to August 2019.  Prior to his time at CNBC, Carter was the managing editor of O&P News from August 2016 to July 2017. He was a staff reporter for […]

Dallas Biz Journal real estate reporter leaving for culinary school

Dallas Business Journal commercial real estate reporter Claire Ballor is leaving the paper to attend culinary arts school in Florence, Italy. Her last day will be Aug. 23. Ballor has been with the paper for a year. She previously was a breaking news and city hall reporter at the Dallas Morning News. Her work includes […]