Tofel on the purge at the Wall Street Journal

Richard Tofel, a former attorney and associate publisher at The Wall Street Journal, writes about the decline of its culture. Tofel writes, “In the last 14 months, and with the advent of the most recent of the editors, things have changed rapidly, and brutally. The editor-in-chief, managing editor (now the number two role), two deputy […]

Dallas Morning News biz editor O’Donnell departing to teach

Paul O’Donnell, the business editor of the Dallas Morning News, is leaving to teach journalism at a university in Texas. He has been business editor since September 2015. O’Donnell had been editor of the Dallas Business Journal from March 2014 to September 2015. Before that, O’Donnell was at the Morning News as an assistant business […]

Ross named news editor at Blockworks

Katherine Ross has been named news editor at cryptocurrency news site Blockworks. She was a senior breaking news reporter based in Austin. She worked as a senior producer and correspondent at TheStreet for five years prior to joining Blockworks. Ross holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on journalism from Sarah Lawrence.

Bernstein departs Reuters for Berkeleyside

Reuters journalist Sharon Bernstein has left the news service after 11 years to become interim managing editor of Berkeleyside, a nonprofit news organization. She has been a national reporter for Reuters based in California. Before joining Reuters in 2013, she was working for NBC4 in Los Angeles. Previously, her time at the Los Angeles Times included stints as a reporter […]

CQ/Roll Call reporter Reilly moves to taxes and the economy beat

CQ/Roll Call reporter Caitlin Reilly is now covering taxes and the economy. She previously was the publication’s financial services reporter. Reilly also spent nearly two years covering securities and financial technology news on the Hill and at the federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before CQ/Roll Call, Reilly was a reporter for Inside Philanthropy. Reilly […]

TechCrunch hires Bort as VC/startups editor

TechCrunch has hired Julie Bort has an editor on its startups and venture capital team. Bort has been an editor at large for Business Insider’s technology team. She had been at the news organization for 12 years and had previously been chief technology correspondent and a senior editor for its venture capital and startups coverage. Bort previously […]

Morris named Singapore deputy bureau chief for Business Insider

Business Insider senior correspondent Meghan Morris has been named Singapore deputy bureau chief for the news organization. She will move next month. Morris has primarily been writing investigative stories about the tech industry. She has also served as a senior reporter on the tech features desk and the finance desk. She has also covered tech […]

Siddiqui joins Washington Post biz investigations team

Washington Post business editor Lori Montgomery and business and technology investigations editor Evelyn Larrubia sent out the following on Wednesday: We’re delighted to announce that Faiz Siddiqui has joined the business investigations team, where he will continue to explore the vast empire of Elon Musk. Over the past four years, Faiz has distinguished himself as […]

Modesto Bee reporter Williams moves to restaurant/business beat

Modesto Bee reporter Dominique Williams is now covering restaurants and business. She replaces Marijke Rowland, who left the paper after 26 years. Williams writes, “For me, it’s not a matter of, ‘I deserve more, so I’m going somewhere I can seek that.’ It’s, ‘My community deserves more, so I’m going to give it to them.’ “I’m incredibly […]

Stratigopoulos leaving CoinDesk for law firm

CoinDesk TV executive producer McKenzie Stratigopoulos is leaving the cryptocurrency news website to become a marketing and communications specialist at the Robins Kaplan law firm. Before joining CoinDesk, she was at Yahoo Finance, where she has worked as a production manager and senior production manager. She was also a producer at Fox Business Network and […]