Kilgore, former National Mortgage News editor, joins Javelin Strategy
Austin Kilgore, who was editor of National Mortgage News until leaving last week, has been hired by Javelin Strategy & Research to lead its digital lending practice. Kilgore will advise clients on emerging technologies and strategies that provide more accurate underwriting and portfolio management decisions across mortgage, auto, student and personal loans. In addition to […]
Seattle Times biz journalist LaViolette to retire
Suzanne LaViolette, the business news editor at the Seattle Times, is retiring later this month after 27 years with the paper. Her last day is March 29. “In my 27 years at The Seattle Times (March 1992 – March 2019) I’ve had the privilege of working with outstanding business editors — Steve Dunphy, Debbie Van […]
WSJ adds two reporters to M&I team in London
Alex Frangos, Europe finance editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Folks, I’m ecstatic to announce two fantastic new additions to the M&I team in London. Julie Steinberg will join as a finance reporter with an emphasis on covering the investors and institutions behind the biggest financial bets in […]
Houston Biz Journal hires Adams as associate editor
The Houston Business Journal has hired Jonathan Adams to be its associate editor. Editor Giselle Greenwood writes, “Adams will oversee HBJ’s Special Reports, which focus on a different industry each week. He will also be responsible for collecting guest-contributed articles, calendar items, op-eds and writing for the paper’s Back Page feature. “Before joining the HBJ, Adams edited and designed […]
Financial News hires Weeks to cover fin tech
Ryan Weeks has been hired by Barron’s Group as financial technology correspondent at Financial News. Weeks will be based in London and will lead FN’s coverage of financial technology, from the startups helping investment banks and asset managers bringing their operations into the 21st century to the financial giants racing to explore new technologies such […]
Yahoo Finance hires Ferre as markets reporter
Ines Ferre has been hired Yahoo Finance as a markets reporter, contributing to all its programs. She started this week. Ferre previously worked at NBC 10/Telemundo 62 in Philadelphia where she was a bilingual investigative consumer reporter, and helped launch the consumer franchise unit for Telemundo 62. Her experience includes reporting for CBS MoneyWatch and […]
Houston Biz Journal hires Gillespie to cover restaurants and retail
The Houston Business Journal has hired Laura Gillespie to cover restaurants and retail stories. Gillespie has been a freelance writer since August 2015, writing for several publications both around Houston and internationally, such as Houstonia Magazine. She previously interned for the Houston Chronicle and for Houstonia. Gillespite is a 2018 graduate of the University of […]
Bloomberg reporter Wingrove moving to White House team
Josh Wingrove, a reporter for Bloomberg News in Canada, is moving to its Washington bureau to become part of its White House team. Wingrove has been covering the Canadian government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He’s been at Bloomberg since February 2015 and previously spent seven years at The Globe and Mail, where he covered […]
WSJ hires Council to cover artificial intelligence
The Wall Street Journal has hired reporter Jared Council to cover artificial intelligence for its WSJ Pro newsletter on the topic. Council has been a senior writer for Harrison Scott Publications, which publishes Real Estate Alert, Hedge Fund Alert, Commercial Mortgage Alert and Asset-Backed Alert, since January 2018, covering U.S. commercial real estate with a focus on […]
USA Today’s Mutzabaugh hired by The Points Guy
USA Today aviation industry journalist Ben Mutzabaugh has been hired by The Points Guy as senior aviation editor. Ashley Lutz writes, “Mutzabaugh comes to The Points Guy from USA TODAY, where he is best known for launching the industry-leading Today in the Sky blog in 2002. This new hire comes on the heels of another big win for […]
