Mitchell returns to LA Times biz desk to cover intersection of tech and auto
Russ Mitchell, who was the technology editor of the Los Angeles Times before taking a buyout at the beginning of the year, is returning to the paper to cover the intersection of auto and technology, a new beat on its business desk. Here is business editor Kimi Yoshino’s announcement: I’m thrilled to announce that Russ […]
Quillen joins Chicago Tribune biz news desk
Longtime business journalist Kim Quillen is now a business source editor at the Chicago Tribune. She joined the paper from the Arizona Republic, where she had been East Valley/Scottsdale editor and an assistant business editor. “I’m involved with the editing and planning of business news, while overseeing coverage of the food industry and workplace issues […]
KC Star hires Vockrodt as business reporter
Steve Vockrodt has been hired as a business reporter for the Kansas City Star. He will start next week. For the past three years, Vockrodt has been a reporter at The Pitch, the alternative newspaper in Kansas City. While there, he has written investigative news stories, including ones on capital punishment in Missouri, the circumstances […]
Vice hires two business journalists
Vice, whose editorial operations are being run by former Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel, has hired two business journalists. Tech reporter Nellie Bowles has joined Vice from The Guardian and will run its San Francisco bureau. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle and Recode. She studied at Columbia University, receiving degrees in comparative literature and psychology, magna […]
Bloomberg hires 22-year-old Gurman to cover consumer products
Mark Gurman, who has been covering Apple since he was a teenager, has been hired by Bloomberg News to cover the tech behemoth. Bloomberg global tech editor Brad Stone sent out the following announcement: Colleagues, I’m excited to announce that renowned Apple reporter Mark Gurman will be joining Bloomberg’s Global Technology Team to cover consumer products from […]
Wired hires features editor, senior editor
Wired editor in chief Scott Dadich announced the following editorial hires in a memo to staff: Maria Streshinsky joins as features editor at Wired. She was most recently deputy editor at Mother Jones. Previously, Streshinsky was editor in chief at Pacific Standard from 2011 to 2015, where she assigned and edited the 2015 National Magazine […]
Woodruff joins MagnifyMoney.com as executive editor
Yahoo Finance personal finance writer Mandi Woodruff has been hired by MagnifyMoney.com to be its executive editor. She will start June 15. Woodruff is an alumna of the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia and an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the New York chapter of NABJ, the […]
Quartz names new biz editor, new tech editor, hires travel writer
Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney sent out the following announcement Tuesday morning: Hello Quartz – I’m happy to share some editorial staffing updates: Leslie Josephs joins Quartz in NYC as our travel reporter, starting today. Leslie was most recently a reporter covering exchange-traded funds and markets at the Wall Street Journal, where she also […]
WSJ names Orwall its global sports editor
Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Bruce Orwall as Global Sports Editor. Bruce will lead our sports staff in New York and oversee our coverage of sports on all our platforms and editions. As you know, our energetic and creative sports coverage has […]
Tax Notes Today hires Sagalow as reporter
Zoe Sagalow has been hired as a reporter for Tax Analysts, covering general assignment federal tax stories for Tax Notes Today. Her supervisor is Tom Kasprzak, a Tax Notes Today news editor. “I am very excited for this position because I had hoped to cover business topics that intersect with policy and politics and affect consumers as well […]
