Bloomberg taps Ross to oversee UK politics team

Bloomberg News reporter Tim Ross has been named head of the news service’s United Kingdom politics team. Ross has been reporting on U.K. politics and Brexit for Bloomberg since September 2016. Based in Westminster as a political journalist since 2011, he has worked for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph and wrote the acclaimed book on the 2015 election, “Why the […]

Pollack becomes executive editor at Ad Age

Judann Pollack has been named the executive editor at Ad Age. A story on its website states, “Pollack, who joined Ad Age in 1985, has held just about every position on and off the masthead at the company. In addition to day-to-day editorial oversight of our agency coverage, she runs Ad Age’s popular Women to Watch […]

Hurtado joins Bloomberg as on-air reporter

Viviana Hurtado has been hired as an on-air reporter at Bloomberg covering global business, finance and the economy based in New York. An Edward R. Murrow  and Emmy award-winning journalist and news anchor, Hurtado has reported for international, national and local news networks, most recently at WTOL­-TV in Ohio. Hurtado was part of the Al […]

Bloomberg hires Day from Seattle Times to cover tech

Brad Stone, senior executive editor, global technology at Bloomberg News, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Colleagues, I’m very excited to announce that Matt Day will be joining us as a reporter in our Seattle bureau, starting in early December. Matt has most recently covered Amazon for the Seattle Times, breaking news of layoffs […]

WSJ hires AP’s Ken Thomas as a reporter

The Wall Street Journal has hired Associated Press reporter Ken Thomas to cover the Democrats and the 2020 election. He will start in mid-November. Thomas has been a reporter for the AP since 1999. He also worked at the Charleston Daily Mail in West Virginia for a year. Thomas holds degrees from Georgetown University and […]

Dwyer moving to Bloomberg editing hub

Longtime business journalist Paula Dwyer is moving to the New York editing hub at Bloomberg News. Her new title is senior editor. She was an editor for Bloomberg QuickTakes for the past year. The New York editing hub is a team of about 10 senior editors without portfolio. They edit enterprise and other long-form journalism for the […]

McCullough named Charlotte Business Journal publisher

T.J. McCullough has been named market president and publisher of the Charlotte Business Journal. Jen Wilson of the Business Journal writes, “McCullough joined American City Business Journals in 2008 as a circulation marketing representative at the Sports Business Journal and was promoted to circulation sales representative in 2010 and then account sales manager in 2013. He joined the Charlotte […]

Kohn becoming editor at large at Bloomberg BNA

Bernie Kohn, the weekend managing editor at Bloomberg News, is becoming an editor at large at Bloomberg BNA. Kohn will be working with BNA reporters on their stories to make them better. In addition to government-focused news and information products, Bloomberg BNA provides news and information about the legal, tax and compliance markets. BNA restructured under new […]

SF Chronicle hires new energy/transportation reporter

The San Francisco Chronicle has hired J.D. Morris of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat to cover energy and transportation. He replaces David Baker, who recently left The Chronicle to join Bloomberg. Morris was part of the Pulitzer-winning team who won recognition for the Press-Democrat’s coverage of the Wine Country fires. Ginny LaRoe is also joining The […]

Forbes names Sibley its chief sales officer

Forbes chief revenue officer Mark Howard sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Team – With the final two months of the year upon us, I want to take a moment to celebrate our recent successes and look ahead to the initiatives that will allow us to enter 2019 with continued momentum and confidence. Just […]