Crain’s Chicago hires Quig for politics beat
A.D. Quig has joined Crain’s Chicago to cover city and state politics. Quig joins Crain’s from The Daily Line, which was formerly called Aldertrack, a Chicago-focused newsletter and website that covers political news related to the city’s land developers, contractors, lobbyists, and other powerful individuals. The Daily Line expanded coverage to Springfield, IL in 2017. […]
Reuters hires London as CMO
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, named Josh London chief marketing officer on Monday. London is responsible for all aspects of marketing, including product, field, and brand marketing. He reports to Michael Friedenberg, president of Reuters, and is a member of the Reuters executive team. “Josh is a respected and accomplished marketing […]
Westfair Communications promotes Hall to senior enterprise editor
White Plains, N.Y.-based Westfair Communications, the publisher of regional news outlets, has named Phil Hall as senior enterprise editor. Hall joined the company in October 2016 as a reporter and has written for its three publications, the Fairfield County Business Journal, a weekly; the Westchester County Business Journal, a weekly; and WAG Magazine, a monthly. […]
Houston Biz Journal reporter Rahman leaves for ICIS
Fauzeya Rahman, a reporter at the Houston Business Journal covering residential real estate and education, is leaving the American City Business Journals paper. Rahman will become a reporter at energy trade publication ICIS covering the liquid natural gas markets. She has been at the Business Journal since January 2018. Before that, she worked at the […]
NerdWallet’s Richards leaving to teach at Syracuse
Alex Richards, a data reporter and editor at NerdWallet, has been hired by Syracuse University to join its faculty. Richards will primarily teach data journalism. Richards has been at NerdWallet since July 2016 and was originally part of a team devoted to telling consumer finance stories in the public’s interest. He most recently has been […]
Financial Times hires Kruppa for VC beat
Miles Kruppa, senior writer at Absolute Return magazine, will join The Financial Times’ San Francisco bureau to cover venture capital next month. His beat at the FT will center on chronicling money in Silicon Valley, reporting on the most significant deals, people, and institutions funding the technology industry. Kruppa has covered hedge funds for Absolute […]
BuzzFeed hires Lucas to oversee tech/biz coverage
BuzzFeed has hired Scott Lucas as deputy editor for tech and business. He replaces Samantha Oltman, who left to become editor in chief of Recode Lucas has been a senior editor for San Francisco magazine and politics editor for The Las Vegas Sun. He has also written for Politico Magazine, The Economist and The Washington […]
Columbian biz editor Brettman leaving paper
Allan Brettman, the business editor of The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington, is leaving the paper. Brettman said his new job is not in journalism, but he declined to give further details. He has been at the paper since September 2018. Before The Columbian, he spent 18 years at the Oregonian in Portland, covering Nike and […]
WSJ hires Naughton to cover Fiat Chrysler, auto retailers
The Wall Street Journal has hired Detroit News auto reporter Nora Naughton to cover Fiat Chrysler, the auto unions and auto retailers. She has been at the News since October 2017. Naughton was previously a business development reporter at The Stamford (Conn.) Advocate. Naughton also covered City Hall for the Stamford paper, which she joined in May […]
The Athletic hires Davidson to cover sports business
Kavitha A. Davidson has been hired by The Athletic to cover the business of sports. Davidson has been at ESPN from July 2016 to July 2018. She previously was the sports columnist at Bloomberg View covering the intersection of sports and society, culture, politics, race, gender, and business. She previously edited the World News page at […]
