Former biz editor becomes editor of South Carolina paper

Former business editor Don Worthington has become the editor of the Pageland Progressive Journal in South Carolina. Vanessa Tyson of the Progressive Journal writes, “The Pageland Progressive Journal’s new editor, Don Worthington, has covered a king, a queen, U.S. presidents and an Indian chief during his 30 years of news reporting and editing. “Worthington came aboard as editor […]

BuzzFeed’s Anand hired by The Information to cover Amazon

Priya Anand, who covers tech transportation for BuzzFeed, has been hired by The Information to cover Amazon.com. Anand had been covering Uber, Lyft and Tesla for BuzzFeed. thank you to all the amazing humans at BuzzFeed News for an awesome year covering Uber. it’s been an insane ride with a talented team. — Priya Anand […]

Dow Jones CEO sets target of 40 percent women in executive ranks

William Lewis, the chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following to the staff on Monday evening: Dear Colleague, Promoting diversity and championing inclusion is a major priority for Dow Jones as we embark upon an exciting journey through FY18 and beyond. But fine […]

Mossberg speaks with Charlie Rose about his career as a tech journalist

Walt Mossberg, who retired earlier this month after founding tech news site Recode with business partner Kara Swisher, and who covered tech for more than 20 years at The Wall Street Journal, spoke with Charlie Rose about his career. Mossberg received the 2017 Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award las month. This annual award recognizes an individual whose career exemplifies […]

Jurney leaving Forbes for Capitol Forum

Corinne Jurney, the senior investing producer at Forbes, is leaving for a job with The Capitol Forum in Washington. She’ll be a consumer protection correspondent, starting Aug. 1. Jurney will be the second traditional journalist to join the company’s corporate investigations team, working closely with Jeff Bliss, who’s the first. “Forbes is doing really exciting things in its […]

Business Insider making hires to expand Markets Insider

Matt Turner, deputy executive editor at Business Insider, sent out the following announcement to the staff: All, I have some exciting news: Joe Ciolli is joining the markets team from Bloomberg as a senior reporter. You may have seen him on TV warring BI alum Joe Weisenthal with a chart, or have seen some of […]

Biz journalism legend Pearlstine retires from Time Inc.

Norman Pearlstine, vice chairman of Time Inc., will retire from the company on July 17, the publisher of Fortune and Money magazines announced Monday. Pearlstine, 74, has been vice chairman since July 2016. He previously served as Time Inc.’s editor-in-chief from 1995 through 2005. “When I moved from chief content officer to vice chairman a year […]

Bodnar steps down as editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

Janet Bodnar is stepping down as editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance after eight years in the role. She will be replaced by Mark Solheim. Andrea Cwieka of the Washington Business Journal reports, “Solheim came to the magazine in 1980 as an editorial assistant, just ten months after Bodnar. He worked his way up the ladder, from winning a […]

Indiana biz editor steps down to part-time role

Ed Semmler, the business editor of the South Bend Tribune in Indiana since 1999, is stepping down into a part-time role at the newspaper. Semmler writes, “I like to think I have some perspective on how far this region has come economically. After all, I’ve been the Tribune’s business editor since 1999. “In that time, […]

Fresno Biz Journal hires new reporter

Donald Promnitz has been hired by the Fresno Business Journal to cover health care and nonprofits. Gabriel Dillard of the paper writes, “He is a Fresno native who studied history and journalism at Fresno City College. He previously worked for the ‘Madera Tribune,’ where he specialized in crime reporting. “In his spare time, Donald enjoys writing […]