Casey named leader of Bloomberg energy coverage in Americas

Simon Casey has been named the leader of Bloomberg’s energy coverage in the Americas. He has been the agricultural team leader.  James Attwood, who had been leading metals and mining coverage, is taking over the agriculture team. Casey had been leading agriculture coverage since June 2015. Before that, he spent five years overseeing commodities coverage, including mining, metals, […]

Automotive News hires Bigelow to cover autonomous cars

Automotive News, a Crain publication, has hired Peter Bigelow to cover autonomous vehicles and mobility. Bigelow has been the transportation, technology and mobility editor at Car and Driver magazine since June 2016. Before that, he spent four-and-a-half years at AOL, reporting for its two automotive news outlets, the consumer-oriented AOL Autos and industry-focused Autoblog. He covered […]

Martin named capital markets editor at Financial Times

Katie Martin has been named the capital markets editor at the Financial Times. She started her new position on Monday. Martin has been the head of fastFT, its breaking news service. She also writes for other parts of the FT, mainly about markets. She was previously at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones for […]

Ex-Bloomberg Law head Mozarsky joins Vannin Capital

Scott Mozarsky, who led Bloomberg Law for two years before leaving this summer, has joined Vannin Capital as a managing director. Mozarsky will be located in Vannin’s New York City office with overall responsibility for the North American business. He was president of Bloomberg Law, leading Bloomberg’s business across the legal market. Mozarsky was also […]

Foy is the FT’s new Moscow bureau chief

Henry Foy has been named the Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times. He replaces Kathrin Hille, who is now the paper’s Greater China correspondent. Foy previously reported on Russia’s biggest companies in the energy, metals and mining industries and the intersection of politics and big business in one of the world’s energy superpowers. He also reported on […]

Louisiana paper expands biz coverage, hires staff

The Acadiana Advocate in Lafayette, Louisiana, is expanding its business coverage online and in print with a daily email newsletter and a targeted section in the newspaper every Sunday. A story on its website states, “Adam Daigle, the new editor for the Acadiana Business Advocate, has nearly 23 years in the newspaper business, most recently […]

WSJ names Hufford its manufacturing reporter

Austen Hufford has been named the manufacturing reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Hufford, who has been working on the breaking news desk in New York, will move to the Chicago bureau. He has been at The Journal since June 2015, covering market-moving U.S. news based on news releases and SEC filings. He has also worked on longer-term, […]

“Heard on the Street” writer Barley leaves WSJ

Richard Barley, who wrote for the “Heard on the Street” column at The Wall Street Journal, has left the paper. He covered economics and markets, including fixed-income, foreign-exchange and equities, with a particular focus on the euro zone. Barley wrote on Twitter: “It’s been an amazing time to write about finance and markets and economics […]

Nycz-Conner leaving Washington Biz Journal

Jen Nycz-Conner, editor at large and a columnist at the Washington Business Journal, is leaving the American City Business Journals paper after 13-and-a-half years. Nycz-Conner has accepted a position at Hilton Hotels & Resorts to be director of brand communications. The job will focus on finding stories to tell from across Hilton’s 14 brands, including […]

San Antonio paper hires Iszler to cover tech and manufacturing

The San Antonio Express-News has hired Madison Iszler to cover manufacturing, technology and logistics. Iszler started this week. She previously was a business reporter at the Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union, where she covered retail, real estate, agriculture and other business topics. Iszler has been part of the Hearst fellowship program. Before the Times-Union, Iszler was a multimedia reporting […]