Puget Sound Business Journal editor Smith resigns
The Puget Sound Business Journal announced Monday that editor in chief Rob Smith has left the company for personal family reasons. A story on its website states, “Smith has been with the PSBJ for a little over two years after spending 10 years as editor of the Portland Business Journal, the PSBJ’s sister publication within the American […]
FT names new Brussels bureau chief
The Financial Times named Alex Barker as its Brussels bureau chief on Monday, replacing Peter Spiegel, who assumes the role of FT news editor, based in London. Barker has spent the last five years in Brussels working as the FT’s European diplomatic editor and EU correspondent. Prior to that, he spent four years as a UK political […]
Upstate Biz Journal hires new reporter
Trevor Anderson of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal has been hired as a reporter for the Upstate Business Journal in South Carolina. Anderson writes, “I spent my freshman year in college at Gardner-Webb University. The following year, I transferred to the University of South Carolina-Upstate. “I bounced around between majors for the first couple of years. My main […]
Albuquerque Biz First ME named editor of Taos News
Damon Scott, the managing editor of Albuquerque Business First, has been hired as editor of the Taos News. A story on its website states, “‘This is a dream job for me,’ Scott said. ‘Taos is one of the most beautiful places on earth and is a community that cares deeply about the issues of the […]
Blanca Torres returns to SF Biz Times
San Francisco Business Times editor Patrick Chu sent out the following staff hire announcement on Friday: Folks: I’m very pleased to announce the return of Blanca Torres as real estate and economic development reporter. Blanca did an amazing job for us, winning awards at the East Bay Press Club, the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club and the […]
Bloomberg expects Halperin and Heilemann to depart after election
Michael Bloomberg told members of his company’s Washington bureau Thursday that he doesn’t expect Bloomberg Politics managing editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann to remain with the news organization after the 2016 election, reports Michael Calderone of The Huffington Post. Calderone writes, “Bloomberg suggested that the high-profile journalists, co-authors of the best-selling, fly-on-the-wall accounts of the 2008 and […]
More Tampa Tribune reflections from business journalists
The following business journalists offered these comments to Talking Biz News after news this week that the Tampa Tribune, one of their former employers, was being acquired and closed by rival The Tampa Bay Times. J. Jennings Moss, editor of the New York Business Journal: The paper was my first job out of college. I […]
NY Times names Ember its new media reporter
New York Times business editor Dean Murphy and media editor Bill Brink sent out the following announcement on Friday: We’re pleased to announce that Sydney Ember will begin covering print and digital media companies. Sydney has covered advertising since last spring, after moving to the media desk from her role writing the DealBook newsletter. In […]
Dow Jones Media names Mavin head of editorial projects
Almar Latour, executive vice president and publisher of Dow Jones Media Group, sent out the following staff announcement on Friday: Colleagues, I’m delighted to share that Duncan Mavin is appointed Head of Editorial Projects for Dow Jones Media. In this new role, Duncan will help lead the creation of new publications as well as launch fresh initiatives for […]
Crain’s Chicago hires new reporter
Lisa Bertagnoli has been hired by Crain’s Chicago Business to cover nonprofits, cultural institutions and their patrons and power brokers, a new beat. A story on its website states, “Bertagnoli writes the weekly Society feature for Crain’s during the spring and fall gala seasons. Altogether, she estimates, she has written 1,000 news stories, profiles and features online […]
