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 […]
Layoffs hit IDG publications MacWorld, CIO
An undetermined number of journalists at tech publications owned by International Data Group such as CIO and MacWorld have been laid off, reports Kelly J. O’Brien of the Boston Business Journal. O’Brien writes, “The layoffs hit writers and editors in both Massachusetts and California at IDG subsidiary publications like CIO, Network World and Macworld, according […]
Reuters names Latin America editor, Mexico/Central America bureau chief
Kevin Krolicki, regional editor of the Americas for Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I am pleased to announce three appointments to editorial leadership roles in Latin America. First, I’m delighted to announce Dan Flynn has been named Latin America editor, effective immediately. He will report to me and remain based in Brazil. […]
TheStreet.com editor Murphy has resigned
Tara Murphy, the editor of TheStreet.com, has resigned from the financial news site to pursue other interests. “We loved her and are sorry to see her go, but will begin looking both internally and externally for a replacement,” said CEO David Callaway in an email to Talking Biz News. Murphy was hired as managing editor […]
New publisher named for Jacksonville Business Journal
Sara Leutzinger has been named publisher and market president of the Jacksonville Business Journal, an American City Business Journals paper. Editor Timothy Gibbons writes, “Leutzinger comes to Jacksonville after serving as a regional audience development director in the ACBJ corporate office, working with 13 markets. Before moving to that role, she was audience development director at the […]
Herald-Tribune names biz editor Sauer its executive editor
Matthew Sauer, who has been overseeing the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s business and enterprise coverage, has been named the Florida paper’s executive editor. A story on its website states, “He replaces Bill Church, who was promoted in September to senior vice president for news at GateHouse Media, the Herald-Tribune’s parent company. “A graduate of the University of […]
Reuters appoints journalism mental health advocate
Reg Chua, executive editor of editorial operations at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Colleagues, Staff safety and wellbeing are critical topics for all of us and areas of great importance to our leadership team. In addition to weekly, sometimes daily, check-ins we have on various staff deployments around the world, we are […]
Wired hires Feinberg to cover politics and culture
Wired magazine has hired Gizmodo senior reporter Ashley Feinberg to cover politics and Internet culture. Her first day is May 30 in New York. She will be a senior writer, writing across all Wired sections. John Cook, the executive editor of the special projects desk at Gizmodo, wrote an email to the staff on Tuesday that stated: It is with […]
