WSJ names Horvath as senior editor of Review section

Wall Street Journal deputy managing editor Mike Miller sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We’re pleased to announce that Adam Horvath will become a senior editor of Review, helping commission and edit pieces and develop new features for our popular weekend ideas section. Adam brings Review a wide-ranging track record as one of our most accomplished […]

Washington Post hires Werner as economic policy reporter

Washington Post national economy and business editor David Cho and deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We’re very excited to announce that Erica Werner will join The Washington Post as our new congressional economic policy correspondent. Erica is chief congressional correspondent of the Associated Press, and her hiring is […]

Anchor Gura leaves Bloomberg Television

Anchor David Gura has left Bloomberg Television, a company spokeswoman confirmed Monday to Talking Biz News. Gura, who had been with Bloomberg TV since March 2015, did not respond to a request for comment. Gura has been the anchor of “Bloomberg Markets: The Trump Economy” on Bloomberg Television and also co-anchor of “Bloomberg Surveillance” on […]

How CNBC’s former SF bureau chief started his own business

Mark Berniker is the founder, CEO and executive producer of Bootstrap Media LLC, which he founded after a 30-year career in business journalism. Bootstrap Media produces content for business news operations such as Reuters TV and also provides media training for company executives. Before starting Bootstrap Media, Berniker was CNBC’s Silicon Valley/San Francisco bureau chief, covering […]

Quartz makes hires for new lifestyle site

Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement on Friday: Hello Quartz journalists— I’m happy to make some staff announcements related to the imminent launch of Quartzy. David Kaufman is joining Quartz as global lifestyle editor, based in New York, starting Nov. 20. David was most recently editor in chief of Alexa, […]

Quartz’s Lichfield named editor of MIT Tech Review

Gideon Lichfield, a senior editor at business news site Quartz, has been named editor in chief of the MIT Technology Review. He starts in early December. Lichfield will oversee all of the Review’s editorial content and products, including the website, digital newsletters, print magazine, and live events, as well as new platforms and formats under development. […]

Triangle Biz Journal hires Graham as new real estate reporter

Ben Graham has been hired by the Triangle Business Journal to be its new commercial real estate reporter. He starts Nov. 14. He replaces Amanda Hoyle, who left the paper earlier this year after nearly 16 years for a position at Metrostudy’s Raleigh division. Graham previously worked at the Jackson Hole News & Guide in […]

The Information hires Tilley to cover Apple

Aaron Tilley is joining The Information as a reporter. He will cover Apple and the broader hardware sector, starting Dec. 4. Tilley was previously reporting for Forbes, where he got the scoop on Apple making its first wireless Bluetooth chip and did a series of in-depth pieces on how artificial intelligence is changing the chip […]

Washington Post hires WSJ’s Van Dam

Washington Post national economy and business editor David Cho, deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb and economics and policy editor Patrick Reis sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: We’re excited to announce that Andrew Van Dam will join Wonkblog to write about economics and policy through the lens of data and graphics. Andrew is a […]

Deadline hires Recode’s Chmielewski as tech editor

Entertainment news site Deadline Hollywood has hired Dawn C. Chmielewski as its technology editor. She will report to Deadline co-editors-in-chief Mike Fleming Jr. and Nellie Andreeva. A story on its website states, “Chmielewski is a seasoned journalist who has been writing about the intersection of tech and entertainment since the days of Napster, working at the San Jose Mercury […]