Helem promoted to editor of National Law Journal
Lisa Helem, the managing editor of the National Law Journal, has been promoted to editor of the ALM publication. She replaces Beth Frerking, who left for a Texas publication. Helem joined The National Law Journal in December 2015 as the publication’s assistant managing editor and was named managing editor in June 2016. As managing editor, […]
Rennie, Economist DC bureau chief, moving to Asia
Charlotte Observer biz editor leaves for PR job
John Arwood, the business editor of the Charlotte Observer, has left the McClatchy newspaper after 24 years. Wednesday was his last day. He’s leaving the Observer to join the communications team at Corning Optical, the maker of fiber-optic cable that’s moving its corporate headquarters from Hickory, North Carolina, to Charlotte. It’s a division of Corning […]
NY Times hires Tankersley as tax and economics reporter
Jim Tankersley is joining the Washington bureau of the New York Times as a tax and economics reporter. Tankersley comes to The Times from Vox, where he edited the policy and politics team, including coverage of the economy, health care, immigration, Congress and the White House. Before that he spent four years at The Washington Post […]
Two more reporters leave MNI office in DC
Two more reporters for Market News International in its Washington, D.C. office have left the news organization. The departures come after the news organization laid off 17 journalists a year ago and dealt with a plagiarism case from one of its top staffers. Karen Mracek, who had been the senior Federal Reserve Board reporter and […]
Foley named U.S. editor of Reuters Breakingviews
Rob Cox, global editor of Reuters Breakingviews, sent out the following announcement on Friday: Colleagues – I am pleased to announce that John Foley will assume the role of U.S. Editor, based in New York, from early October. Jeff Goldfarb, who is moving to Hong Kong, will hand the baton to John when he heads […]
Florida retail reporter moving to health and medicine beat
Justine Griffin, the retail reporter at the Tampa Bay Times for the past two years, is moving to the health and medicine beat for the paper. Griffin has been on the retail beat for slightly more than two years. Breaking news! I’m now covering health & medicine for the @TB_Times. Got a story tip? Email […]
Deadline’s Lieberman leaving to become professor
Deadline Hollywood executive editor David Lieberman is leaving the entertainment industry news website to become a professor. Lieberman is leaving Deadline on Sept. 22 to become an associate professor in the graduate media management program at The New School. “It’s been an exhilarating ride in the 6 1/2 years since I moved from USA Today,” […]
WSJ hires Kruger to cover bond market
The Wall Street Journal has hired longtime business journalist Daniel Kruger to cover the bond market. He starts Monday. Kruger has been a contributor to Forbes for the past 10 months, writing about bonds and currencies. Before that, Kruger spent more than 10 years at Bloomberg News writing about the U.S. government bond market, central […]
CNBC.com adds six editorial staffers
Digital senior vice president and executive editor Jay Yarow sent out the following staff announcements on Thursday morning: I am pleased to announce some recent additions to the CNBC Digital group. Jeff McCracken has hired a number of folks to his growing team: Spencer Kimball joins CNBC.com as a News Editor on the breaking news team. He has […]
