Quartz hires WSJ mobile product head as platform editor
Zach Seward of Quartz sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Priya Ganapati starts today in New York as our first platform editor and director of platform products. Platform? you might ask. That refers to our existing and future products beyond, like the Quartz Daily Brief, Quartz on Flipboard, possible Quartz mobile apps, etc. Priya will be focused on the editorial […]
CNNMoney hires breaking news reporter
CNNMoney executive editor Lex Haris sent out the following announcement on Friday: We have a new breaking news reporter: Jackie Wattles starts on May 27. Rich and I met Jackie at the Columbia job fair in March and we both picked up on the same thing: She’s really smart. Energetic. And loves CNNMoney (unless she […]
New publisher named at Triad Business Journal
Ollie Chandhok, who has been working at American City Business Journals headquarters, has been named publisher of the Triad Business Journal. A story on its website states, “Chandhok comes to the Triad Business Journal from within its parent company, American City Business Journals in Charlotte, where he has been regional audience director since February 2014. […]
West Virginia biz editor named AG’s spokesman
Jared Hunt, the business editor of the Charleston Daily Mail in West Virginia, has been named director of communications for West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey. Joel Ebert of the Daily Mail writes, “Hunt, a native of Jackson County and a graduate of West Virginia University, will serve as press secretary for the attorney general. […]
Forbes hires Carbonara to cover entrepreneurship
Peter Carbonara has been hired by Forbes as a reporter and editor covering entrepreneurship. He will start on May 26 as deputy editor, entrepreneurs, reporting to Loren Feldman, who is senior editor of entrepreneurs. “I really thought I’d had my last full-time journalism job, but I’m delighted to see I was wrong,” said Carbonara in […]
WSJ’s union: It was worse under Kann and Zannino
Timothy Martell, executive director of IAPE 1096, the union that represents Wall Street Journal reporters, sent out the following message to its members: We were surprised to learn buyouts may have been “offered” to Wall Street Journal staff. When IAPE TNG/CWA Local 1096, the largest Union representing employees at Dow Jones & Company, approached management […]
Auto reporter becoming Midwest editor at Reuters
Paul Thomasch, editor of U.S. general news at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: I am pleased to announce that Ben Klayman has been appointed Editor-in-Charge, U.S. General News, Midwest. Ben, who joined Reuters in 1998, will oversee the general news file from Minnesota down to Texas, Kansas across to Tennessee, working in […]
TechCrunch co-editor resigns to finish grad school
Alexia Tsotsis will be stepping down from her high-profile job as co-editor of TechCrunch to finish the Sloan management master’s program at Stanford University’s business school, reports Kara Swisher at Re/code. Swisher writes, “When I called her yesterday, she said that she wanted a change from running tech’s arguably largest blog and news site, which […]
Financial journalists more optimistic about profession
Financial journalists have become more optimistic about their profession than they were a year ago, according to survey results released Wednesday. Forty-four percent expressed a positive outlook about their work, up from 32 percent a year ago, according to the 2015 Gorkana Survey of Financial Journalists of more than 400 business journalists. They survey was […]
WSJ is offering buyouts
The Wall Street Journal is offering buyouts to employees amid a “serious realignment,” reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Sources with knowledge of the matter said there is not a specific headcount being sought for the buyouts, which tend to target high-paid, veteran employees. “It’s therefore unclear how many journalists from the […]
