LA Times biz editor promoted to deputy managing editor
Kimi Yoshino, the business editor of the Los Angeles Times, has been promoted to deputy managing editor of the paper in a new newsroom executive structure. Meg James of the Times writes, “Also promoted was Kimi Yoshino, 46, who has served as business editor for the last four years. She becomes deputy managing editor, overseeing sports, […]
Energy reporter Handy leaves Houston Chronicle
Ryan Maye Handy, an energy reporter at the Houston Chronicle, has left the newspaper and returned to Colorado. Handy joined the Chronicle in October 2016. She covered the regulation of utilities and oil and gas in Texas. She followed the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s oil and gas regulator, and the Public Utility Commission, […]
Bloomberg Opinion makes three hires
David Shipley, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion; and Timothy L. O’Brien, executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, sent out the following announcement on Monday: Dear Colleagues, It’s with great pleasure that I write to inform you of three new Opinion colleagues. Bobby Ghosh will be joining the editorial board. He will be based in London […]
Chai returns to WSJ as senior editor on publishing desk
Barbara Chai has returned to The Wall Street Journal as a senior editor on the publishing desk. She most recently has been head of arts and culture coverage at Dow Jones Media Group, which includes Barron’s and MarketWatch.com. Chai was previously the managing editor of Speakeasy, The Journal’s pop culture news site. She managed a […]
Webb leaving Reuters for WSJ to become Asia markets editor
Quentin Webb, who has worked for Reuters for the past 15 years, is leaving the news wire for The Wall Street Journal. Webb will become The Journal’s Asia markets editor. Webb joined Reuters Breakingviews as a columnist in London in 2011, and was promoted to associate editor two years later. He moved to Hong Kong […]
Tech reporter Evangelista leaves SF Chronicle
San Francisco technology reporter Benny Evangelista has left the newspaper for a job at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Evangelista had been at the paper for nearly 20 years. He covered everything from the consumer adoption of mobile devices, streaming video and drones to the rise of e-sports as a pastime. He also wrote about wireless, social […]
FT’s Ahmed to become its sports correspondent
Murad Ahmed, who has been covering the gambling, hotels, restaurants and tourism industries for the Financial Times since early 2015, is becoming the paper’s sports correspondent. Ahmed expects to move into his new position by September. Before covering leisure industries, Ahmed was a tech reporter in London covering European tech companies. He joined the FT […]
WSJ hires Maidenberg as reporter on breaking news desk
Micah Maidenberg has been hired by The Wall Street Journal as a reporter on the breaking news desk. He started on Monday. Maidenberg was previously a reporting fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was part of a team that focuses on investigative stories. The team collaborated with reporters at the […]
FT creates natural resources desk
The Financial Times has brought together its coverage of natural resources to tackle the big structural changes that will shape the industry over the next decade. The FT’s reporting of commodity markets, the environment, oil and energy companies, as well as miners and independent commodity traders, is merged into a single team headed by Neil […]
ProPublica hires Yeung to cover labor issues
ProPublica announced Monday that it has hired reporter Bernice Yeung to cover labor-related issues, as one of multiple business reporters ProPublica is hiring. Yeung comes to ProPublica from Reveal, where her work examined the intersections of labor, violence against women, immigrant communities and public health. She was part of the Emmy-nominated “Rape in the Fields” […]
