Gizmodo’s Narisetti explains how to have a diverse newsroom

Raju Narisetti is the chief executive officer of Gizmodo Media Group, which operates websites Gizmodo, Deadspin, Jezebel, Jalopnik, Kotaku and Lifehacker and is owned by the Univision. He was formerly senior vice president of strategy at News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com. Narisetti also held multiple administrative positions at […]

Mossberg out: Last column is posted

Technology journalist Walt Mossberg, who is retiring, has written his last column for The Verge and Recode and begins by reminiscing about how it all began. Mossberg writes, “This is my last weekly column for The Verge and Recode — the last weekly column I plan to write anywhere. I’ve been doing these almost every […]

TheStreet hires two new reporters

Financial news site TheStreet.com has hired two new reporters — one to cover bankruptcy and distressed situations and another to cover activist investors. Stephanie Gleason has been hired to cover bankruptcy and distressed companies. She previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the same topics since 2011. Prior to that, Gleason […]

WSJ’s Carew joins Sard Verbinnen in Hong Kong

Rick Carew, formerly The Wall Street Journal’s Asia finance and deals editor based in Hong Kong, has joined Sard Verbinnen & Co as a managing director in its new Hong Kong office. Previously he served as the Journal’s M&A and private equity reporter for the region. He wrote extensively on China’s role in the global financial […]

South Florida Biz Journal hires Larsen as new money reporter

Keith Larsen has joined the South Florida Business Journal as the Money reporter, reports Brian Bandell of the paper. Bandell writes, “His beat includes banking, wealth and finance, investments, fraud, private equity firms, economic development and insurance. “‘I’m excited to come to South Florida to break some of the biggest stories in banking and finance,’ Larsen said. […]

Twitter hires ex-Bloomberg exec Swidler to run video

Todd Swidler, former senior vice president of video and partnerships at Bloomberg, has been hired by Twitter to run its live video operation, reports Kurt Wagner of Recode. Wagner writes, “Swidler is joining Twitter to run the business side of its live video efforts, a growing focus for the company, which has ambitions to be a digital […]

New editor named at Prairie Business magazine

Tom Dennis, who has been editorial page editor of the Grand Forks Herald for 20 years, will assume duties as editor of Prairie Business in the coming days, according to a story on the Herald’s website. The story states, “Before coming to Grand Forks in 1997, Dennis spent five years as editorial page editor at […]

Bloomberg BNA hires Jeffries to cover telecom and tech

Morning Consult reporter Tara Jeffries has been hired by Bloomberg BNA to cover telecom and tech. She starts her new position on June 12. Jeffries has been covering financial policy and politics for Morning Consult, covering the intersection of Congress and the financial services industry, with a dash of tax policy, trade and occasional coverage of the […]

Biz journalism couple Russolillo/Banjo moving to Hong Kong

Two business journalists married to each other — The Wall Street Journal’s Steven Russolillo and Bloomberg Gadfly’s Shelly Banjo — are moving to Hong Kong. The “Ahead of the Tape” column that Russolillo wrote for The Journal is ending after 15 years and several columnists, including Jesse Eisinger, Justin Lahart, Mark Gongloff, Scott Patterson, Kelly […]

Minneapolis econ reporter moves to city hall beat

Adam Belz, economics reporter at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has moved to the paper’s metro desk to cover Minneapolis City Hall. Belz joined the Star Tribune in 2012, after stints at the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines Register. His first full-time newspaper job was at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after he started […]