NY Times biz desk says goodbye to the “Watchdog of Wall Street”
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Sunday: To Biz Day– I’m sorry to report that Gretchen Morgenson is leaving Biz Day. She’ll be joining the Wall Street Journal where I know she’ll continue to do her very fine work. Gretchen joined The New York Times in 1998 and has been […]
WSJ hires Gretchen Morgenson of New York Times
Wall Street Journal investigations editor Michael Siconolfi sent out the following announcement on Sunday” All: I’m delighted to announce that Gretchen Morgenson — one of the nation’s preeminent journalists and a 19-year New York Times veteran — will join The Journal’s Investigative team as a senior special writer, starting late this month. Gretchen’s byline needs no introduction […]
Chicago Tribune’s Yerak hired by WSJ
Becky Yerak, a business reporter at The Chicago Tribune for nearly 14 years, has been hired by The Wall Street Journal. Yerak will be part of the Journal team covering bankruptcy court. She will be based in Wilmington, Delaware. At the Tribune, Yerak had been covering banking, private equity, and property and casualty insurance. Before […]
WSJ’s Grocer hired by NY Times to be Dealbook editor
Stephen Grocer, an editor of The Wall Street Journal’s MoneyBeat blog, has been hired by The New York Times. Grocer will be editor of Dealbook, a business and financial news site at The Times that is being relaunched soon. Grocer starts his new job on Monday. MoneyBeat was created at The Journal in 2013, bringing […]
Pittsburgh Biz Journal editor Burns departs
Howard Burns, the editor of the Pittsburgh Business Journal, is leaving the American City Business Journals paper. Burns writes, “They say you can’t go home again. Well, I sure as heck am going to try. “Friday, Nov. 3, is my last day as editor of the Business Times. I’m heading back to the New York […]
“Marketplace” hires executive director for digital
Sarah Moughty has been hired as executive director of digital for “Marketplace,” the public radio business and financial news show. Moughty will oversee digital strategic vision and content across the organization. Before joining “Marketplace,” Moughty led the digital team at “Frontline,” where she oversaw a team of reporters, designers, developers and video producers, and helped […]
NPR hires FT’s Cardiff Garcia for “Planet Money”
Neal Carruth, NPR’s general manager of podcasting, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: We are thrilled to announce that Cardiff Garcia will be joining NPR’s Planet Money team for a new project to be revealed soon. Cardiff’s first day will be Monday, November 13th. Cardiff is the US editor of FT Alphaville, the flagship economics […]
WSJ hires Al-Muslim from Newsday
Aisha Al-Muslim, a business reporter at Newsday, has been hired as a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Her last day at Newsday is Thursday. She starts at The Journal on Monday on the real-time desk covering breaking business news. Al-Muslim is a Pulitzer Prize finalist who has been covering retail and small businesses on […]
CNBC hires Sherman, D’Onfro for tech team
Jay Yarow, senior vice president and executive editor of CNBC Digital, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Very exciting news, team. We are adding two fantastic reporters to our already amazing technology team — Alex Sherman and Jillian D’Onfro. Alex is a killer reporter from Bloomberg, who consistently breaks big news. Jillian is also […]
WSJ names editors to oversee workflow changes
Wall Street Journal executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Dear All, Now that we have announced our fantastic leadership team, I want to share news on the next stages of our workflow revamp. Improving how we work will be an important task in the months ahead. There is no issue […]
