Lambert named editor of Puget Sound Business Journal
The Puget Sound Business Journal has named Ryan Lambert as its new editor in chief, effective immediately. A story on its website states, “Lambert succeeds Emily Parkhurst, who became the Business Journal’s publisher and market president in October. He has served in dual roles as the publication’s creative director and sections editor for the last two […]
WSJ names Brown its financial enterprise editor
Wall Street Journal financial editor Charles Forelle sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m thrilled to announce that Ken Brown is our new Financial Enterprise Editor. Do I need to introduce you to Ken, an immensely skilled and deeply traveled editor? Doubtful. For the past two and a half years, Ken has been Heard editor, presiding […]
Hu is leaving Quartz for CNN International
Caitlin Hu is leaving Quartz to join CNN International as a New York-based digital senior editor. She will start at CNN in January. Hu started her career at Quartz four years ago with a story that tracked a refugee’s two-year odyssey from Syria to Europe and back again. She subsequently came on staff as an […]
Bloomberg’s Wallbank is moving to Singapore
Bloomberg News journalist Derek Wallbank is moving to Singapore to be a senior editor for breaking news in Asia for the news organization. Wallbank has worked for Bloomberg in Washington since June 2011. “I have been blessed to work on the greatest breaking news desk in the history of them, with a better team than […]
Bloomberg News reporter Barinka leaves for startup
Bloomberg News reporter Alex Barinka has left the news service and joined a startup. Barinka is joining Imran Khan’s new e-commerce company as head of external affairs. The company is expected to launch next year. Khan is Snap Inc.’s former chief strategy officer. “I’ll miss the chase of breaking news and IPO-day interviews, but it’s […]
NY Times tech columnist Manjoo moves to opinion section
Farhad Manjoo has been named a New York Times opinion columnist. Here is an announcement from editorial page editor James Bennet, deputy editor Jim Dao and deputy editor Katie Kingsbury. We’re very happy to tell you that Farhad Manjoo will be joining us as a columnist next month. Most of you probably know Farhad as […]
Charlotte Observer hires economic growth and development reporter
The Charlotte Observer has hired Danielle Chemtob to cover economic growth and development. She will start in January. Chemtob replaces Ely Portillo, who has moved over to the local government and politics beat. Chemtob will graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill in December with a degree in journalism. She interned this past summer at The Wall Street […]
The CEO of The Economist has resigned
The Economist CEO Chris Stibbs has stepped down from his post after five and a half years and 13 years at the publisher, reports Lucinda Southern of Digiday. Southern writes, “In an internal email sent Nov. 26 seen by Digiday, Stibbs remarked that subscriptions to The Economist are now the biggest contributor to Group profit […]
Siemers named editor of St. Louis Biz Journal
The St. Louis Business Journal has named Erik Siemers as its new editor, effective Dec. 10. A story on its website states, “Siemers comes to the job from the Portland Business Journal, where he has served as managing editor for the past five years. He began his American City Business Journals (ACBJ) career in Portland in 2008 as a reporter. […]
CNN Business hires Kurtz as senior editor for features
Annalyn Kurtz has been hired CNN Business as the new senior editor for features. She started on Monday. As features editor, she is leading and editing CNN Business’s burgeoning lineup of feature stories and series, working to bring more feature-style treatments to the week’s news, and thinking about how we can bring together every part […]
