Reuters makes changes to its China team

In a memo to staff, Reuters greater China bureau chief Tony Munroe announced promotions and appointments to the Greater China team: I am pleased to announce the following promotions and additions to the Greater China team. Carolyn Qu promoted to Editor, Reuters Chinese News Carolyn assumes leadership of our Chinese language news service, a core […]

Moser hired as deputy obsession editor at Quartz

Whet Moser, a senior editor at Chicago Magazine, has been hired by Quartz to be its deputy obsession editor. He starts on Monday. Moser joined Chicago Magazine in 2011 and previously blogged daily for the magazine’s Web site. He also developed Web-only content and packages that complement the publication’s print features. He previously worked for the […]

Reporter Johnsen leaving Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal

Britt Johnsen, who most recently covered residential real estate and manufacturing for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, is leaving the paper. Her last day is Thursday. Johnsen is becoming a content editor at Evans Larson, a public relations firm. She joined the paper earlier this year after a nearly 12-year career at various outlets, most recently […]

Greeley hired by FT Alphaville

Brendan Greeley, who most recently was at Bloomberg, has been hired to write for FT Alphaville. Hemost recently covered  the intersection of politics and the economy for Bloomberg News in New York before leaving in March 2017. Greeley was also once a co-anchor of BloombergTelevision’s “Bloomberg Surveillance” and a staff writer at Bloomberg Businessweek. In 2012, he received a New York Press Club […]

Business Insider columnist Greenbaum quits

Daniella Greenbaum, a columnist at Business Insider whose column about actress Scarlett Johansson playing a transgender man in a movie was pulled after co-workers complained, has quit the website. In a letter to editor in chief Nicholas Carlson, Greenbaum wrote: Unfortunately, what happened with my piece — the tarring of a commonsensical view as somehow bigoted […]

CoStar hires Johnson as Midwest editor

Real estate news and information company CoStar Group has hired Allen Johnson to be an editor of its Midwest coverage. For the past 18 months, Johnson has been a senior account manager at Taylor Johnson Public Relations in Chicago. That firm specializes in representing real estate companies. Before that, he held a variety of editing positions at […]

Reuters hires energy reporter from Houston Chronicle

Collin Eaton, an energy reporter for the Houston Chronicle, has been hired by Reuters to cover the same beat. He is also based in Houston for Reuters. Prior to joining the Chronicle, Eaton covered the local banking and finance scene at the Houston Business Journal. Before that, he held internships at the Dallas Morning News […]

Wired hires five new staffers, including two senior editors

Wired editor in chief Nicholas Thompson announced Wednesday the hiring of several new staff members, including a new site director, social media director, and two senior editors. Wired’s new site director is Scott Rosenfield. He joins from Outside, where he worked since 2014, most recently as digital general manager. At Outside, Rosenfield launched the site’s […]

Chatterley is joining CNN International to host a new show

Julia Chatterley is joining CNN, where she will host a new program on CNN International beginning this fall. Details of Chatterley’s new CNN International show will be announced later this year. Chatterley joins from Bloomberg Television, where she hosted the daily “Bloomberg Markets” and “What’d You Miss?” shows, covering global politics, business and breaking news, […]

Quartz appoints five to help launch Quartz News show

Quartz executive editor Xana Antunes sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Joining Quartz Video to create Quartz News, our weekly news show running on Facebook Watch are: Isabelle Niu joins as a video journalist. She spent the last three years at Splinter, producing, shooting, editing, and hosting breaking news stories,explainers, features, and an hour-long […]