Reid moves to Johannesburg for Reuters
Helen Reid has moved to Johannesburg to become pan-African mining correspondent for Reuters. She previously was in London covering the stock market. Reid has been with Reuters since August 2016. She previously worked for TXF: Trade and Export Finance as a reporter and African Arguments as an editorial intern. She holds degrees from the University of […]
Carmichael leaves Barron’s for Bloomberg Opinion
Sarah Green Carmichael has left Barron’s after less than a year and joined Bloomberg Opinion as an editor. Carmichael had joined Barron’s at the end of last year as managing editor of ideas. She previously worked Harvard Business Review, where she was an executive editor. Her primary role at HBR was shaping editorial content for HBR.org, which […]
Bobkoff leaving Business Insider for podcast initiative
Dan Bobkoff, the the executive producer of audio at Insider Inc. and the host/creator of the “Household Name” podcast from Business Insider and Stitcher, is leaving. Bobkoff is joining Three Uncanny Four Productions, which is a big podcast initiative with Sony Music. Bobkoff previously spent time reporting on top business stories and trends for NPR […]
NY Times hires BuzzFeed’s Alba to cover tech
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock and technology editor Pui-Wing Tam sent out the following announcement on Friday: We’re thrilled to announce that Davey Alba is joining The New York Times as a technology reporter covering disinformation and all of its tentacles. Davey most recently was at BuzzFeed News, where she reported and wrote about A.I. as part […]
Barton joins Black Enterprise as VP of strategy
Justin Barton will be assuming the role of vice president of strategy and partnerships at Black Enterprise. Black Enterprise is a business and financial publication geared toward African-Americans. He will focus on audience growth, product, social and partnerships including various forms of advertising. Prior to this role, Barton was the head of analytics and digitalsStrategy […]
Zhang joins Reuters commodities and energy team
Shu Zhang will be joining the Reuters commodities and energy team next week as an energy correspondent. Zhang was previously covering China’s financial sector since April 2015. In this role, she broke exclusive news regarding China’s central banks and wrote in-depth reports examining China’s regulatory regime reforms. Zhang also worked as an intern reporter for […]
Marc Tracy takes over media beat at NY Times
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement to the staff: Please welcome Marc Tracy to Business, where he has already started covering the news about the news. Before joining the media desk, Marc covered college sports for The Times for five years. During that time, his work was recognized by the Associated […]
Washington Post taps Gregg to cover defense industry
Washington Post business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb and corporate accountability editor Ziva Branstetter sent out the following announcement: We are thrilled to announce Aaron Gregg has been promoted to staff writer on The Post’s business desk, where he will cover the defense industry and government contractors. Aaron came to The Post […]
Entrepreneur lays off four in shift to digital
Entrepreneur magazine has laid off four editorial staffers in a move to more digital products. Editor in chief Jason Feifer, in a statement, told Talking Biz News: We’re restructuring our digital offerings, with the goal of developing new products that are even more useful for entrepreneurs. This requires us to build a different team with different […]
Wittenberg leaves Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Alex Wittenberg is leaving his role as a reporter at Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal. He will be studying magazine writing at New York University. Wittenberg began his role as a reporter in August 2018. Prior to that, he was an editorial intern at MSPBJ. He was also the editor of the Wake Student Magazine from […]
