Bloomberg hires Fast Company’s Carr for tech team

Tom Giles, Bloomberg’s executive editor of global technology, sent out the following announcement on Friday: We are very excited to welcome Austin Carr to Bloomberg’s Global Technology team. Austin joins from Fast Company, where he’s worked as a senior features writer covering the intersection of technology and design. In eight years at the magazine, Austin […]

Crain’s New York hires Henderson to cover health care

Crain’s New York Business has hired Jennifer Henderson to cover the health care beat. Henderson previously worked at the Triangle Business Journal, where she covered health care/life sciences, law and higher education. She previously was a reporter for American Lawyer. Henderson receive her master’s degree in journalism from New York University. She also holds an MBA from The […]

Al-Muslim to cover travel, tourism stories for WSJ

Aisha Al-Muslim, a real-time business news reporter at The Wall Street Journal, is now covering tourism, lodging and travel in addition to breaking news. Al-Muslim will write about travel booking companies, cruise lines, hotels, casinos, and related industries that influence and impact leisure and travel. She joined the paper in November 2017 from Newsday. Al-Muslim covered […]

Reuters makes changes to Asia editorial leadership

Reuters Asia regional editor Kevin Krolicki announced promotions and changes to Reuters India and Top News in Asia: I am pleased to announce some changes to our news leadership team in Asia. Here are the highlights: – Martin Howell will be moving to Delhi to become South Asia bureau chief. Martin will lead our team of […]

Ex-Phoenix Biz Journal editor Lowery hired by real estate publication

Ilana Lowery, the former editor of the Phoenix Business Journal, has been hired as executive editor of Business Real Estate Weekly of Arizona, which covers business and real estate activity in the state. Lowery, who left the Business Journal earlier this year, will be responsibility for the publication’s product strategy and vision across all platforms, […]

CNN’s Byers is joining NBC News and MSNBC

NBC News president Noah Oppenheim and MSNBC president Phil Griffin sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: All, We are pleased to announce that Dylan Byers is joining NBC News & MSNBC as Senior Media Reporter. In this new role, Dylan will cover the meeting point of media, entertainment and technology – from […]

Union-Tribune hires Meiling to cover startups

The San Diego Union-Tribune has hired Brittany Meiling to cover startups, a new beat at the newspaper. She will start in late August. “It’s new for them to have a whole beat for early stage companies,” said Meiling. “You don’t hear about newspapers expanding their ranks that often, so I’m so thrilled the UT decided to create […]

Rao, deputy biz editor for NY Times in Europe, leaving for The Atlantic

Prashant Rao, deputy business editor for Europe for The New York Times, is leaving the paper to become global editor of The Atlantic. He will remain based in London. As global editor for The Atlantic, Rao will lead the site’s coverage across a wide range of beats related to U.S. foreign policy, democracy, and global conflict, […]

Reuters hires WSJ’s Kirkham as consumer enterprise reporter

Wall Street Journal housing, hotels and casinos reporter Chris Kirkham has joined Reuters as its new consumer enterprise correspondent. Based in Los Angeles, Kirkham was part of a team that broke the story of sexual misconduct allegations involving Steve Wynn, which led to Wynn’s resignation as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and as chairman and chief executive […]

The Guardian hires Politico’s Holden to cover energy and climate

The Guardian has hired reporter Emily Holden to cover climate and energy news. She has been reporting on energy and climate change at Politico since July 2017. Her last day at Politico is Wednesday. She previously covered the White House and EPA’s Clean Power Plan for E&E News from November 2014 to July 2017. Holden […]