Variety hires Giardina as senior entertainment tech and crafts editor

Carolyn Giardina has been hired by Variety as senior entertainment technology and crafts editor. William Earl of Variety writes, “Giardina has devoted her career to covering the art and science of entertainment and brings to her new role a wealth of knowledge of entertainment technology and the creative arts, as well as film history. She […]

Editor Wolper among the layoffs at Law360

Caitlin Wolper, an editor at Law360, was among the layoffs at the news organization on Thursday. She copyedited legal news articles pertaining to numerous practice areas, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, white collar crime, trusts and estates, and more. Wolper also worked for two years at Protocol, the tech news site, as an editor, […]

Law360 reporter Wilson among the layoffs

Quinn Wilson, a real estate reporter at Law360, was among the layoffs on Thursday. Wilson had been with the news organization since October 2022. He previously was a reporter for the Southern California News Group and the Bakersfield Californian. He also worked at the Fulton Sun in Missouri. Wilson is a graduate of Fontbonne University.

Law360 reporter Lienhard among the layoffs

Kelly Lienhard, a reporter at Law360, was among the layoffs on Thursday. She has covered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, health policy, antitrust cases and intellectual property law. Lienhard has been at Law360 since June 2022 and previously was a reporter and associate editor at Inside Washington Publishers. She is a graduate of Northern […]

Russell, editor at Law360, among the layoffs

Scott Russell, an editor at Law360, was among the layoffs at the news organization on Thursday. Russell had been with Law360 for the past year. He previously was at Paste Magazine for a total of six years as a news editor and a music editor. Russell holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central […]

Lewitinn hired as managing editor of The Block

Lawrence Lewitinn has been hired as managing editor of cryptocurrency site The Block. He has most recently been co-host of CoinDesk TV’s flagship daily program, “First Mover.” Lewitinn was also managing editor of markets at CoinDesk. He previously was editor in chief of Modern Consensus, a new website covering the cryptocurrency and blockchain markets. Lewitinn was […]

WSJ Asia finance editor Ng is departing

Serena Ng, the Asia finance editor of The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the news organization after 18 years for a new opportunity. He has been overseeing a team of reporters who cover markets, deals, and financial institutions in the region. She first joined the Journal in New York in 2006, and covered the U.S. […]

Dallas Morning News hires Wooten to cover real estate

Dallas Morning News assistant business editor Kyle Arnold sent out the following on Wednesday: All, We are proud to announce that Nick Wooten will be joining The Dallas Morning News business team as a real estate reporter. Nick comes to us from Atlanta’s NBC affiliate 11Alive, where he’s an investigative reporter who has spent much of the […]

Atlanta Biz Chronicle hires Ward to cover housing and real estate

The Atlanta Business Chronicle has hired Janelle Ward to cover housing and real estate development. She has been at reporter at The Atlanta Voice, covering business and real estate for Atlanta’s only Black-owned and -published newspaper, where she worked for former Business Chronicle reporter Donnell Suggs. Ward previously interned for The Athens Banner-Herald. She is a University […]

Peters departs biz desk for national team at NY Times

Jeremy Peters, who has been covering media at The New York Times, is leaving the business news team to join the paper’s national desk to cover campus culture and politics. He was the lead reporter covering the landmark defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, which resulted in a record $787.5 million settlement. […]