Institutional Investor hires research editor

Amy Whyte has been hired by Institutional Investor as its research editor. Whyte previously worked for CIO Magazine as an assistant editor and as a staff writer for the past two years. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and economics from Northwestern University. In addition, Leanna Orr has moved into a senior writer position. […]

San Diego Biz Journal losing biotech/startup reporter Meiling

Brittany Meiling, the startups and biotech reporter for the San Diego Business Journal, has resigned to accept a senior writer position at Endpoints News. Endpoints News is an an independent online news organization that covers global biopharma. Meiling will be working from San Diego, but covering global news. On LinkedIn, Meiling wrote: The best employers both […]

Carter is now deputy biz editor at New York Times

Adrienne Carter is now the deputy business editor of the New York Times. Carter had been the paper’s international business editor and had been stationed in London since early 2016. Here is what business editor Ellen Pollock said in a note to the staff: The good news here is that we all know Adrienne well, […]

Pennsylvania biz editor moves to new job at the paper

Andy Andrews, the business editor at the Reading Eagle in Pennsylvania, is becoming the paper’s special sections editor. Andrews writes, “As editor of our weekly Drive and Home and Real Estate sections along with our Health and Wellness, Mature Living and numerous other special publications, I’ll have the opportunity to do in-depth features on topics […]

Cheddar hires Starkman to lead original programming

Elyssa Starkman has been hired by business news channel Cheddar as director of original programming and development. She will report to chief content officer Peter Gorenstein and will be charged with building out Cheddar’s live and on-demand scripted and unscripted original programming. “Over the last few months we’ve found great success beyond our live broadcast […]

Little Rock daily names new business editor

Rachel O’Neal has been named editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Sunday High Profile section, and Jim Kordsmeier has replaced O’Neal as the newspaper’s business editor. Jake Sandin of the Democrat-Gazette reports, “Kordsmeier came to the Democrat-Gazette in 1994, first working on the news copy desk, then as a police reporter before being named night city editor, then assistant city editor […]

American Banker names DC bureau chief, tech editor

American Banker editor Rob Blackwell sent out the following announcement to the staff: I’m pleased to announce two new promotions at American Banker. As some of you may have already heard, Joe Adler has become the new Washington Bureau Chief. Joe has been doing terrific work as the BankThink editor for the past three years, […]

Barron’s hires Cane as news and features editor

Jeffrey Cane has been hired by Barron’s as its news and features editor. He starts Oct. 25. His job will include editing stories across all platforms, helping to integrate print and digital editorial operations, and expanding investigative and storytelling capabilities. Cane comes from The New York Times, where he was the editor overseeing finance, banking, hedge […]

Bloomberg TV makes staff changes, creates Newsmakers team

Bloomberg Television leaders Rachel Wehrspann, Jason Kelly and Anastasia Ellis sent out the following to the staff on Friday. To all in USTV, We are at an exciting moment in the history of Bloomberg Television, where we have the opportunity to contribute to the editorial mission of Bloomberg as never before. As outlined in John Micklethwait‘s […]

FT’s Lynch to join Washington Post to cover economy

Washington Post national economy and business editor David Cho and deputy business editor Zachary Goldfarb sent out the following announcement on Friday morning:  We are pleased to announce that David J. Lynch, one of the best economics writers in Washington, will join us to cover the national and global economy. David comes to us from […]