Telegraph hires FT’s Zaffarano as social media editor
The Telegraph has appointed Francesco Zaffarano, a digital journalist at The Economist, to its social media team as social media editor. The hire will take effect at the end of July. Zaffrano’s role at The Economist has been to produce content for the newspaper’s Instagram account, which has 3.5 million followers. The Economist syndicates its […]
Isaac in at WSJ’s UK bureau
The Wall Street Journal has hired Anna Isaac from The Telegraph (UK) to cover financial markets from its London bureau. Isaac has been economics correspondent and, prior to that, small business editor at The Telegraph. She will continue to report on trade policy and economics at the Journal as part of her beat, she wrote […]
FT hires Miller for its Frankfurt bureau
The Financial Times has hired Joe Miller to be a reporter in its Frankfurt bureau. Miller is currently with the BBC as a U.S. business correspondent. He also worked for the BBC in India. He also spent nine months as deputy program editor on BBC Two’s “No Such Thing As The News,” a lighthearted look at the […]
Jones joins Insurance Insider’s New York office
John Hewitt Jones has been promoted to senior reporter at The Insurance Insider, a Euromoney Institutional Investor publication, and has been transferred to New York from the company’s London headquarters. His first day in New York was July 1. Jones covers aviation, marine and energy insurance in the London and U.S. reinsurance market. He joined […]
FT promotes Raptopoulos to head of community engagement
The Financial Times has promoted Lilah Raptopoulos to the position of head of audience engagement in the United States. She previously had been a community editor for 3.5 years, working with journalists and editors across the FT’s newsroom to develop community-led journalism, and work readers’ insight and experiences into reporting. Raptopoulos previously worked at the Guardian in London. She […]
Asset TV hires Bloomberg’s Dagenhart
Jenna Dagenhart, an anchor for Bloomberg Television, has left to become an anchor for Asset TV in the United States. Dagenhart had been at Bloomberg TV since June 2016. She was also a producer. She previously worked at NBC 29 WVIR in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a reporter and an anchor for two years. She also […]
David Bond becomes FT’s Brexit editor
David Bond has stepped into the role of Brexit editor at The Financial Times, where he has worked for over 2 years as security and defense editor. The Financial Times is an international daily newspaper distributed internationally and owned by Nikkei Inc. Prior to this role, Bond worked as a media correspondent for the Financial […]
Bloomberg reporter Foxman plans move to Qatar for TV role
Simone Foxman, wealth reporter for Bloomberg, will soon be taking on an expanded area of coverage and moving to Qatar from New York City. She explained her new role in an email: My new job will be far more generalist than my position on the Wealth team was. I’m going to be our only person […]
MandateWire hires Semenova to cover asset management
MandateWire, a Financial Times publication, has hired Alexandra Semenova to cover the asset management industry. Semenova previously held internships with Bloomberg News, NY1 News, Fox Business Network, and Crain’s New York. She also worked as an assignment desk intern at CNBC, at the network’s main newsroom in New Jersey as well as its production studio […]
Shannon Pettypiece joins NBC News Digital
NBC News Digital has hired Shannon Pettypiece as a senior White House reporter. NBC News Digital includes respected brands such as NBCNews.com, tv.msnbc.com, TODAY.com, iVIllage, Breaking News, theGrio.com, NBCLatino.com and NBCPolitics.com. Pettypiece previously worked at Bloomberg for 13 years, focusing specifically on the economy and health care. Her most recent position was as a White […]
