A successor worthy of the job at the Albany Business Review
Mike Hendricks, the retiring editor of the Albany Business Review, writes about his successor. Hendricks writes, “The big news is that Melissa Mangini will be taking over responsibility of the newsroom as the editor-in-chief starting in the new year, when I retire from this job that I have truly loved the past 18 years. “As managing […]
WSJ hires Jaworski from Chicago Tribune
Jennifer Hicks, Wall Street Journal’s digital news editor, sent out the following announcement on Friday: All, We’re excited to announce that Jim Jaworski will be joining our team as a senior platform editor, working Saturday through Tuesday evenings. He’ll start next Tuesday and spend a week or two on days so he can meet everyone […]
Quartz has hired a general counsel
Quartz co-chief executive officers Kevin Delaney and Jay Lauf sent out the following announcement on Friday: Hello Quartz – We’re happy to announce that Ava Lubell is joining Quartz as general counsel and director of corporate operations, working in our NYC headquarters starting on Dec. 17. In this role, Ava will be responsible for directing […]
WSJ reporter Hook returning to LA Times
Janet Hook, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in its Washington bureau, is leaving the paper after eight years and joining the Los Angeles Times. She will cover politics. Hook joined the Washington bureau in 2010 to cover Congress. She spent the previous 15 years covering Congress, national politics and election campaigns for the Times. She was a reporter for […]
Home Health Care News hires Bryant as a reporter
Bailey Bryant has been hired by Home Health Care News, one of Aging Media Network’s publications, as a reporter. Bryant has been with WCIA-TV in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, for the past 19 months. Bryant received her master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois. As an undergraduate, […]
Wirecutter hires Frumin as its editor in chief
Wirecutter, a tech news site owned by the New York Times, announced Thursday that Ben Frumin will be its next editor-in-chief. In this role, Frumin will oversee all Wirecutter coverage and day-to-day editorial operations of the site. He will start Jan. 7. He succeeds Jacqui Cheng, who stepped down in September. “We were in a […]
PC Magazine staffers form union, join News Guild of New York
Editorial employees at PC Magazine, Mashable, Geek.com and AskMen announced that an overwhelming majority of its staff have joined the NewsGuild of New York, the union that represents nearly 3,000 media professionals in the greater New York City area. The employees are requesting voluntary recognition from parent company Ziff Davis, which is owned by J2 […]
LA Times hires Perman to cover entertainment business
The Los Angeles Times has hired Stacy Perman to as an enterprise business reporter covering the film industry. Perman will be working for Company Town editor Richard Verrier. She is a longtime journalist, having worked for Time magazine in New York, Chicago, Tokyo and Berlin, Business 2.0 in San Francisco and BusinessWeek magazine before it […]
WSJ’s Facebook reporter moving to enterprise beat
Deepa Seetharaman, who covers Facebook, LinkedIn and other technology companies for The Wall Street Journal’s global technology bureau, is moving to an enterprise reporting beat focused on social media. Seetharaman has been at The Journal since March 2015. She previously worked for Reuters, most recently covering e-commerce, including companies such as Amazon and eBay, in […]
Barron’s hires story editor, ideas editor
Barron’s has hired two new editors for its staff. They will both start on Dec. 3. As ideas editor, Sarah Green Carmichael will recruit a diverse array of expert writers, translate new academic research for investors, and foster debate over solutions to the biggest challenges facing companies and the global economy. Carmichael comes to Barron’s from […]
