WSJ hires Marco as editor of digital content strategy

Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I’m delighted to announce that Meg Marco is appointed Editor, Digital Content Strategy. Meg joins The Wall Street Journal from Consumerist, the innovative digital arm of Consumer Reports, where she has been Executive Editor and Head of Product since 2012. In this […]

WSJ appoints Miller as senior editor for features and weekend

Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: The pace of new newsroom appointments has slowed a little through the dog days of August but today I’m delighted to be able to accelerate it again with a couple of announcements of key appointments. First, Mike Miller is appointed, Senior Editor, […]

WSJ’s Enrich hired as NY Times financial editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I’m thrilled to announce that David Enrich will be financial editor at Business Day. David comes to us from The Wall Street Journal, where he is the financial enterprise editor, managing a team of investigative reporters. Prior to that he was […]

WSJ’s Gottfried moving to private equity/restructuring beat

Miriam Gottfried, who has been working on The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street” team, is moving to a new beat. Gottfried is joining the deals team as its private equity and restructuring reporter. For the “Heard on the Street” column, Gottfried wrote analysis and commentary about investing in media, telecommunications and retail companies. […]

BusinessDen reporter leaving for California paper

Amy DiPierro, a reporter at business news site BusinessDen.com in Denver, is leaving for a job in California. DiPierro’s reporting at BusinessDen ranged from tracking the biggest nonprofits in town to checking out the latest real estate deals and keeping her eye on the local startup scene. Her new job is with the The Desert Sun in […]

“Marketplace” revamps tech show with new host

“Marketplace Tech,” a public radio show about tech news, is being overhauled with a new host, veteran tech reporter Molly Wood. The new daily show launches Sept. 5. Ben Brock Johnson had been the host. He is leaving “Marketplace” to work on a project with WBUR in Boston. The show will now focus on uncovering […]

Goldfarb to become Reuters Breakingviews deputy editor in Hong Kong

Rob Cox, global editor of Reuters Breakingviews, sent out the following announcement: Dear Colleagues – I am delighted to announce that Jeff Goldfarb will be moving to Hong Kong and taking up a new role as a Deputy Editor of Breakingviews, reporting to me, as soon as he can gather up his belongings in Maplewood, put […]

Real estate reporter Clarke joins WSJ

Katherine Clarke of The Real Deal has joined The Wall Street Journal to cover residential real estate. She started her new job on Monday. Clarke had been a senior national reporter for the real estate publication. At the Journal, she will be writing for the Mansion section. Clarke had been at the Real Deal since November […]

Auto reporter Snavely joins PR firm

Detroit Free Press reporter Brent Snavely has left the newspaper and joined Michigan’s largest public relations firm, Lambert, Edwards & Associates. Snavely will work with the firm’s investor relations and manufacturing and mobility clients, as well as will provide strategic counsel firm-wide. Most recently, he served as the lead automotive writer at the Detroit Free Press where he […]

LA Times econ reporter Kitreoff to join NY Times

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following staff announcement on Monday evening: I’m thrilled to announce that Natalie Kitroeff will join Business Day. Natalie joins us from the Los Angeles Times, where she covered the California economy and basked in the beauty and strangeness  of her new home. She was a finalist for this […]