WSJ reporter Friedman switches to housing and economics beat

Wall Street Journal reporter Nicole Friedman will be switching beats and will be taking on the role of U.S. housing and economics reporter. Most recently, she was a Berkshire Hathaway and insurance reporter for the publication. Before coming to The Journal, Friedman was with The Oregonian working as a reporter. Friedman is a graduate of […]

Vice News’ Uberti to cover cyber and tech for WSJ

David Uberti has joined The Wall Street Journal to cover cyber and technology. There, he will be part of the Wall Street Journal Pro enterprise tech team and will be reporting for WSJ Pro Cybersecurity. Recently, Uberti was a media reporter with Vice News covering the intermingling of media, politics and tech. before that, Uberti […]

Chopra named editor of Financial News

Francesco Guerrera, head of international, Barron’s Group and publisher, Financial News, sent out the following announcement: I am delighted to announce that Shruti Tripathi Chopra has been appointed Editor of Financial News. Shruti is a tremendous journalist and a sharp editor who inspires other journalists with her work ethic and news-breaking abilities. She is the […]

Guilford joins WSJ as economics reporter

The Wall Street Journal has hired Gwynn Guilford as an economics reporter. Previously, Guilford was with Quartz. She held the post of senior economics reporter at Quartz. Before joining Quartz, Guilford was a blogger for Andrew Sullivan’s The Dish. She also held the posts of senior consultant and senior research consultant at The Beacon Group […]

Business Insider promotes Weinberger to deputy editor

Matthew Weinberger, a senior editor at Business Insider, has been promoted to the post of deputy editor. Weinberger has been with Business Insider for five years. He started off as a tech reporter for the company and then later on was first promoted to the post of senior reporter and then editor. Before joining Business […]

Grotto joins projects and investigations team at Bloomberg News

ProPublica Illinois reporter Jason Grotto has joined Bloomberg News on its projects and investigations team. His first day was Monday. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune and the Miami Herald. His project exposing widespread inaccuracies and disparities in Cook County’s property tax assessment system was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for local reporting and […]

Industry Dive names Hargreaves as new chief operating officer

Meg Hargreaves will be joining Industry Dive, which publishes news about 23 different industries, as the new chief operating officer on March 23. Hargreaves is the founder and principal of Rush River Media. She is also member of the board of directors at Software & Information Industry Association and still holds the chair of the […]

Washington Post reporter Ohlheiser leaving for MIT Tech Review

Abigail Ohlheiser, a reporter at The Washington Post, will be leaving her post at the end of the month to join MIT Technology Review as a senior editor. In her new role, she will be writing about the internet culture. Previously, Ohlheiser was with Atlantic Media working as a staff writer. Before that, she was […]

Crain’s New York hires Everett as reporter

Crain’s New York Business has hired Gwen Everett as a reporter. She started on Monday. Everett previously worked as a reporter for Business Insider and interned on the finance team at Bloomberg News in New York. She is a graduate of Brown University where she covered higher education for the Daily Herald.

American Banker’s Blackwell joins Promontory Interfinancial

Rob Blackwell, who left his position as editor of American Banker last month, has been hired by Promontory Interfinancial Network as chief content officer and head of external affairs. Promontory provides cash and liquidity management solutions. Blackwell will lead government and media affairs. As part of this new role, he will also produce content and […]