WSJ corp team makes changes, has openings

Wall Street Journal business editor Jamie Heller sent out the following on Wednesday: Hello! Lots of excitement in Corp to share of new hires, appointments and openings. Rob Copeland is taking on coverage of Alphabet. Rob joined our San Francisco bureau last year and immediately distinguished the Journal, breaking stories on companies from SpaceX to Allbirds and […]

Investopedia moves Carey to oversee online investing coverage

Investopedia, one of the largest financial and investing sites, has mover brokerage expert Theresa Carey to running its coverage of online investing tools and platforms. Carey, who has been covering financial technology and online brokers for 27 years, was most recently at Barron’s, where she covered the brokerage industry until 2018. She joined Investopedia in […]

S&P Energy reporter Meyers moving to new beat

Ellen Meyers, who covers renewable energy for S&P Global, is moving to a new beat covering Southeastern utilities and power finance. Meyers joined S&P Global in May 2017 and has been focused on the domestic and global wind power sector. She graduated from Syracuse University, where she studied journalism and finance and wrote and edited […]

Mahanta hired by Business Insider/Insider to be features editor

Nicholas Carlson, global editor in chief of Business Insider and Insider, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday afternoon: Hello, Team! I’m excited to announce that we’ve hired Siddhartha Mahanta to be Features Editor at Insider Inc. For Business Insider, he’ll will help us publish more blockbusters like Julie Bort’s “THE TAKEDOWN OF TRAVIS KALANICK” […]

Financial Times names Garrahan its news editor

The Financial Times announced Wednesday the appointment of Matthew Garrahan as news editor, effective April 15. Garrahan will replace Peter Spiegel, who takes up the role of U.S. managing editor in New York this spring. During a 20-year career with the FT, spanning London, California and New York, Garrahan has been a companies reporter; covered […]

CNBC.com weekend editor David is leaving for Yahoo Finance

Javier David, the weekend editor at CNBC.com, is leaving the company for a position at Yahoo Finance. David joined the site as a writer in 2012, covering energy, markets and general business/financial topics. He has been the weekend homepage editor since October 2014, In that role, he developed, assigned and edited stories, collaborating with video and […]

Yahoo Finance hires Claudio as video producer

Yahoo Finance has hired Mike Claudio as a video producer on the Live Events team. At Yahoo Finance, Claudio will support the production of annual events like the Berkshire Hathaway 2019 Annual Shareholders Meeting, exclusively livestreamed on Yahoo Finance, and All Markets Summit in addition to Yahoo Finance’s regular programming including “Breakouts” and “Influencers with […]

How Chatzky stuck to her strengths and became successful

Adam Mendler of Thrive Global spoke with Jean Chatzky, financial editor of NBC’s “Today” and a longtime personal finance journalist, about the hurdles in her career. Here is an excerpt: Adam: How did you get here? What failures, setbacks or challenges have been most instrumental to your growth? Jean: I got here, in part, by […]

CNBC hires Solomon as general assignment reporter

Nick Dunn, vice president and managing editor of CNBC Business News, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce that Rahel Solomon will join CNBC as a general assignment reporter based at CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Her first day will be March 25th. Rahel comes to CNBC from CBS […]

Skift has hired Unnikrishnan as editor of Airline Weekly

Madhu Unnikrishnan has been hired by Skift as the new editor of Airline Weekly. Skift acquired Airline Weekly, including its subscription-based newsletter, for an undisclosed amount in September. Airline Weekly launched in 2004. For the past year, Unnikrishnan has worked in corporate communication for United Airlines. He previously was managing editor and editor in chief […]