McCall joins TechCrunch as senior writer
TechCrunch has hired Margaux McCall as a senior reporter. She previously worked at The Information since December 2021 and at Business Insider as a venture capital and startups reporter. McCall also interned at The Virginian-Pilot and Bustle. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.
Semafor hires Sergie as editor of Gulf edition
Semafor has hired Mohammed Sergie to be editor of its new Gulf edition. He was previously an editor at Bloomberg News where he shaped coverage of energy and commodities in the region and was the company’s sole reporter in Qatar. Prior to Bloomberg, he was a senior writer/editor at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he wrote […]
Wargo departs Law360 for grad school
Abby Wargo, a New York-based journalist reporting on wage and hour law for Law360, is leaving to attend graduate school. They will be pursuing a masters degree on English literature at the University of Tennessee. Wargo previously worked in South Dakota reporting for both the Rapid City Journal and the Pierre Capital Journal. In South […]
Cheng, fired WSJ reporter, writes about her experience
Selina Cheng, The Wall Street Journal reporter fired after being elected president of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, writes about her experience for Columbia Journalism Review. Cheng writes, “Because I was the only candidate running for chair, my withdrawal would have meant that union operations were paralyzed. So when I won, I stayed on. For […]
Albuquerque Journal names Gleason its assistant biz editor
Megan Gleason has been named assistant business editor at the Albuquerque Journal. Gleason is a reporter on the business desk covering energy, utilities and government. She previously was a reporting fellow at Source New Mexico through the New Mexico Local News Fund. Gleason is a graduate of the University of New Mexico with a degree in […]
Decrypt promotes Hayward to managing editor
Andrew Hayward has been promoted to managing editor at Decrypt Media, a cryptocurrency news site. He previously was culture editor and hub operations lead at Decrypt. Hayward began writing for Decrypt in 2019 as part of a 15-year freelance career, which included bylines at Rolling Stone, Vice, Playboy, Polygon, and more. Hayward has also worked on […]
Columbia J school letter in support of fired WSJ reporter Cheng
We, members of the faculty of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, express our concern and disappointment at The Wall Street Journal’s decision to terminate reporter Selina Cheng soon after she assumed the chairmanship of the embattled Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA). Selina, a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School Class of 2016, is a […]
Las Vegas biz reporter Hemmersmeier departing for new opportunity
Business reporter Sean Hemmersmeier is leaving the Las Vegas Review-Journal for a new opportunity. He joined the Review-Journal in July 2022 as a general assignment business reporter. Before moving to Las Vegas, Hemmersmeier covered government and development news in Southern Utah for The Spectrum & Daily News. He is a native of Salt Lake City […]
Adweek hires Johnson as deputy editor
Lauren Johnson is returning to Adweek to be deputy editor for retail media and commerce coverage. She has been at Business Insider for the past six years, helping build its advertising and media coverage as a senior advertising reporter covering digital media. She previously spent nearly four years at Adweek. Before that, Johnson worked at Mobile Marketer […]
Crain’s Chicago hires Allison as AME for news
Veteran Chicago business journalist Jocelyn Allison has joined Crain’s Chicago Business as assistant managing editor for news. Allison joins Crain’s from the Chicago Tribune, where she had been a senior content editor on the business desk since 2019. She previously spent 12 years covering corporate litigation as an editor and reporter for New York-based legal […]
