Reuters’ Sullivan takes new beat covering domestic policy
Andy Sullivan, who has been covering presidential campaign stories for Reuters, is leaving to a wide-ranging beat covering U.S. domestic policy for Reuters. “That means less time listening to speeches in Iowa, more time looking at tax spreadsheets,” said Sullivan on Facebook. “I couldn’t be more thrilled.” For the past two years, Sullivan has been […]
Reuters hires new securitization reporter
Will Caiger-Smith, the U.S. editor for GlobalCapital, has been hired to cover the securitization market for International Financing Review of Thomson Reuters. On LinkedIn, Caiger-Smith writes: I’ve had a wonderful five years at GlobalCapital (and EuroWeek before the 2014 rebranding) and have learnt a huge amount from a great group of people. But I’m very […]
Columbia Business Times names new editor
Brenna McDermott has been named editor of Columbia Business Times magazine in Missouri. A story on its website states, “McDermott most recently served as Director of Women’s Network at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, where she managed the 500-member organization for the past 18 months. Prior to that, she served as the Marketing and Communications […]
AP biz desk names team leader for breaking news
Associated Press business editor Lisa Gibbs sent out the following announcement on Thursday afternoon: Michael Lee will be the new Team Leader for our Breaking News desk, effective immediately. From his perch in Detroit, Mike will take on the vital role of managing the ongoing evolution of our spot desk to focus on being first […]
Auto journalist Levin to host show on Sirius
Well-known automotive journalist Doron Levin will begin hosting a SiriusXM show called “In the Driver’s Seat.” “In the Driver’s Seat” will premiere on Aug. 29, at noon ET, and will be broadcast Saturdays at noon from Detroit, home of the global automotive industry, with an encore broadcast Sundays at 9 a.m. ET. A prominent award-winning […]
SF Chronicle hires Sposito as cybersecurity reporter
Sean Sposito of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has been hired by the San Francisco Chronicle as its cybersecurity reporter. He will start next month. Sposito has been with the Atlanta daily since late 2013. He previously worked at American Banker. Sposito had been working at the Atlanta paper with a cross set of different beat reporters […]
“Stat Man” retiring from Minneapolis-St. Paul Biz Journal
After 28 years of working for the paper, research editor Tom Smith is retiring from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal on Nov. 30. Jim Hammerand of the paper writes, “Smith, 68, started his journalism career freelancing for the Twin Cities Reader before joining Business Journal predecessor Corporate Report in 1987. There, he edited and grew […]
Gogoi becomes CNNMoney’s markets and economy editor
CNNMoney.com executive editor Lex Haris sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Want more smart takes on the biggest money issues of the day? We have good news: Heather Long will now devote more time to reporting, writing and analysis. Heather has already – amazingly – found time to write in between all her other […]
Forbes ME Bigman leaves for startup
Forbes managing editor Dan Bigman sent out the following announcement to his colleagues and friends on Wednesday: After a lot of years at Forbes, I’ve decided to move on. Starting September 8, I’ll be the Publisher/Bizdev Guy/Chief Cook & Bottlewasher at Verse, an NYC startup that’s doing some truly groundbreaking things with interactive video. For […]
Bloomberg’s Schneider moving to Tokyo
Jodi Schneider, a Congress team leader for Bloomberg in Washington, is moving to Tokyo in September to be an editor on Bloomberg’s North Asia economy team. Schneider joined the Washington bureau of Bloomberg News in November 2010 as team leader for tax policy. In January 2012, she expanded my role to be team leader for […]
