Pitchbook senior editor Kokalitcheva departs
Kia Kokalitcheva, Pitchbook senior editor of venture capital, has left the news organization. She had been there since January 2025. She had been covering venture capital and tech deals at Axios. She previously was a tech reporter at Fortune before joining Axios in January 2017. Kokalitcheva had covering technology and Silicon Valley with a focus on the “on-demand economy” at Fortune. […]
Bloomberg Industry’s Stein becomes deputy team lead for labor
Michelle M. Stein has become deputy team lead for the Daily Labor Report at Bloomberg Industry Group. She has been a deputy team leader focused on corporate governance news. She previously was Modern Healthcare deputy editor, where she had been since January 2024, before leaving there late in 2025. She previously was at Inside Health Policy as […]
Reuters taps Warren as deputy digital director
Rossalyn Warren has been promoted to deputy digital director at Reuters. She has been the audience editor for Reuters. Between 2021-2022 she was also on The Executive Program in News Innovation and Leadership at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Prior to this she worked as a journalist, producing stories, investigations, and interactive […]
Axios hires Novelly to cover defense and space
Axios has hired Thomas Novelly to cover space and is expanding its Future of Defense newsletter to send twice a week. Novelly has covered space, military policy and politics for nearly a decade. He joins Axios from Defense One, where he covered national security threats facing the Air Force and Space Force. Previously, he reported […]
FT hires Tobias from Bloomberg News
The Financial Times has hired Abigail Tobias as a reporter. She is based in London. Tobias previously worked at Bloomberg News in London covering agriculture, foreign exchange and UK markets. She is a graduate of Durham University, where she was editor in chief of the Palatinate.
Cook departing Bloomberg for Washington Post
The Washington Post has hired Nancy Cook as a senior White House and national political reporter. Cook will start Oct. 12. She has been a senior national political correspondent at Bloomberg for the past four years. Cook previously was on its White House team covering economic policy. Cook joined Bloomberg at the end of 2020 to cover the incoming Biden […]
Omaha World-Herald hires McLean as biz editor
The Omaha World-Herald has hired Rob McLean to be its business editor. “I’ve missed business journalism,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “I miss learning about different industries, learning the ins and outs of companies and c-suite developments. Fortunately, an opportunity presented itself that I couldn’t pass up! He most recently was politics breaking news editor for NBC News […]
Albany Biz Review editor Mangini promoted to publisher
Albany Business Review editor in chief Melissa Mangini has been promoted to publisher of the American City Business Journals publication. She has been editor since 2018 and before that was managing editor. As managing editor, Mangini was responsible for the daily operations of the Business Review’s newsroom the past three years. During her time as managing editor, […]
WSJ reporter McCabe is departing
Wall Street Journal reporter Caitlin McCabe sent out the following to colleagues on Tuesday: After nearly seven years, I’m saying goodbye to the Journal. I’ll be starting a new adventure in a few weeks. It’s so tough to leave this special newsroom, and I feel endlessly grateful to have spent these years working with and learning from […]
South Florida Biz Journal editor Melendez is retiring
Mel Meléndez, the editor in chief of the South Florida Business Journal, is retiring after 10 years in that role. His last day is Dec. 4. Melendez oversaw two newspaper redesigns, and staffers won numerous journalism awards during his tenure. He previously was the managing editor of the Business Journal. During his three years in […]
