FT hires Kay as its Mumbai correspondent
The Financial Times has hired Chris Kay as its Mumbai correspondent. Kay has been a reporter and editor covering South Asia for Bloomberg News and Businessweek. He has written widely on politics, business, health, conflict and climate change. Currently based in Mumbai, Kay previously managed news bureaus in Nigeria and Pakistan. He has worked for Bloomberg since June […]
WSJ Vatican reporter Rocca departs
Francis X. Rocca, who has been covering the Vatican for The Wall Street Journal, has left the publication as the paper has discontinued the beat. He was also the global religion correspondent. A native of Washington, D.C., he has written on a range of topics including European politics, higher education, arts and culture. Rocca is a […]
FT hires Lakshmi as Jakarta correspondent
The Financial Times has hired Anantha Lakshmi as its Jakarta correspondent. She previously was Reuters bureau chief of Malaysia and Brunei after moving to Kuala Lumpur as deputy bureau chief in 2016. Lakshmi distinguished herself in reporting on everything from the assassination of Kim Jong Nam to investigations of migrant deaths in detention and the […]
Sifted hires Matsuda to report on fintech in Europe
Sifted has hired Tom Matsuda to cover financial technology in Europe. He has been at Digital Frontier, a new publication focused on business, finance and culture. Recently, he freelanced for Al Jazeera, FT’s Sifted, The Block and The Japan Times. Matsuda also worked as a deals reporter and deals newsletter writer at The Block. He interned at Sifted. Matsuda […]
WSJ hires Hazarika as digital platform editor
Bharbi Hazarika has been hired as a digital platform editor at The Wall Street Journal, responsible for editing and curating WSJ.com, the Journal’s mobile app and social platforms. She started as an intern in 2023 with the on- and off-platform teams. She previously worked at CNN as an editorial package producer. She interned at the […]
Variety promotes Seo to social media editor
Variety has promoted Rachel Seo to social media editor. A story on its website states, “Seo joined Variety in July 2022 after working in event marketing for ViacomCBS’ VidCon live media division. She’s been a pillar of the team that has boosted Variety‘s social media footprint to more than 12 million total followers as of this month across TikTok, X, […]
Sherwood Media hires Phillips as senior markets correspondent
Sherwood Media has hires Matt Phillips from Axios to be its senior markets correspondent. Phillips has been working for Axios since December 2021 as the co-author of the daily morning “Axios Markets” newsletter and covering the latest market trends and economic insights. From 2018 to 2021, Phillips has worked for The New York Times, covering financial markets. Phillips previously […]
Reorg promotes six editorial staffers to new roles
Reorg, a news service that covers distressed debt and corporate reorganizations, has promoted six of its editorial staffers to new positions. They are: Hoa P Nguyen Nguyen was promoted to senior reporter at Reorg where she covers the municipal bond market. Nguyen joined Reorg in 2022 after tours with the American Banker’s Association, Coindesk and […]
CBS News/Stations hires Nguyen as senior producer of consumer and business
Jamie Nguyen, the senior consumer investigative producer at NBC News, is joining CBS News and Stations as the new senior producer leading Consumer/Business/MoneyWatch. “It’s an incredible opportunity to help build a consumer and business team,” she wrote on LinkedIn. “Thank you to everyone who has been on this journey and supported me.” Nguyen had been […]
Bisnow hires Jones as NYC real estate reporter
Real estate news service Bisnow has hired Sasha Jones as a reporter covering New York commercial real estate. She previously worked at The Messenger as its national real estate reporter. Jones had previously been a reporter at the New York Business Journal, an American City Business Journals publication, covering economic development. Prior to joining the New York Business Journal, Jones […]
