Lucia departs Route Fifty for States Newsroom

Bill Lucia will join States Newsroom as an editor for its soon-to-launch newsroom covering Washington state policy and politics. Lucia had been with Route Fifty for more than seven years. He joined as a senior reporter covering state and local government across the U.S. He then served as editor, and recently as executive editor. At […]

CNN appoints Freeman as Philly correspondent

The following was sent out from CNN: Danny Freeman joins CNN as a correspondent in Philadelphia. The Emmy Award-winning reporter joined CNN in 2023 from NBC10 in Philadelphia. While at NBC10, Freeman worked as an Investigative Reporter focused on campaign finance, environmental issues, and police accountability. Freeman returned to the East Coast after working as […]

LA Times’ Morlan departs for San Diego mayoral staff

Kinsee Morlan, a supervising editor at the Los Angeles Times, has left for a post in the San Diego mayor’s office. Her tweet reads: “After one incredible year at the @latimes , I’ve decided to make a big career change. I am beyond thrilled to be joining @MayorToddGloria’s office. I cannot wait to roll up […]

Diaz joins Politico as congressional reporter

Daniella Diaz has joined Politico as a congressional reporter. Recently, she was at CNN, where she worked for eight years. There, she served as a digital producer, breaking news reporter, digital reporter, campaign embed, and recently as a congressional reporter. From June 2014 to February 2015, Diaz was a web producer at Politico. She interned […]

Scientific American hires Young as associate health editor

Lauren J. Young will join Scientific American as an associate health editor. She comes from Popular Science, where she was an associate science editor. Young was a digital producer at NPR’s Science Friday, where she also interned. She was an editorial fellow at media and entertainment company Atlas Obscura. She interned at IEEE Spectrum, a […]

Robinson joins Future as features and lifestyle writer

After more than a year of freelancing, Lucy Robinson has joined Reach full time as a features and lifestyle writer. Robinson freelanced for i-D, Refinery29, the i Paper, Metro and Stylist. She contributed to and then served as deputy lifestyle editor at The Indiependent. She interned at Stylist Magazine. Robinson has a B.A. from the […]

Minnesota paper adds community editor, reporter to staff

The following excerpt was sent out from Wadena Pioneer Journal in West Central Minnesota: Beginning this week, you will begin to see bylines by Community Editor Thalen Zimmerman and reporter Frank Lee, both of whom will be based out of the Pioneer Journal office, covering the east end of our Highway 10 corridor for our […]

Canada’s The Walrus appoints Cooper managing editor

Claire Cooper has joined Canadian outlet The Walrus as managing editor. Previously, she served as managing editor for platforms at Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. Cooper was managing editor of CAA Magazine at communications company SJC. She served as associate and managing editor of Inspired at content agency Totem Content. She was also a photo […]

CNN hires Hur as markets writer

CNN has hired Krystal Hur to cover markets, beginning in March. She has been at CNBC as an associate reporter, writing for “Mad Money” by Jim Cramer, and reporting across the site’s other verticals. Hur joined CNBC from NBC News, where she was a business, tech and media reporting intern. She also interned at The Wall Street […]

Smith named interim biz editor at Albuquerque Journal

The Albuquerque Journal has named Andy Smith as interim business editor. Matthew Narvaiz of The Journal writes, “Smith, who most recently served as the Journal’s assistant editorial page editor, assumes his new role Monday. He replaces Gabrielle Porter, who moved into a new position with the Journal at the beginning of the year. “Raised in Farmington, Smith began […]