CalMatters hires Johnson as its first tech reporter
Khari Johnson has been hired by CalMatters to be its first technology reporter. He will start later this month. He most recently has been at Wired magazine covering artificial intelligence. Johnson previously was a senior staff writer at VentureBeat, where he has covered artificial intelligence as well as the intersection of ethics and policy as well […]
Washington Post hires Fischer as arts and entertainment editor
Washington Post executive features editor Ben Williams, deputy features editor Hank Stuever and managing editor Krissah Thompson sent out the following on Tuesday: We are excited to announce Jonathan Fischer has joined The Washington Post as arts and entertainment editor. In this newly created role, Jon will lead The Post’s team of reporters, critics and […]
Bloomberg hires Steinberg as a reporter
Bloomberg News has hired Ethan Steinberg as a reporter. He will be in the rotational beat program for the next year. Steinberg has interned for The Wall Street Journal, Morning Brew and Forbes. He is a graduate of Tufts University. While there, he was investigations editor of the student newspaper.
WSJ AME for operations Ortega departs
Kate Ortega, the assistant managing editor for operations at The Wall Street Journal, has left the publication after more than 24 years. In an email to the staff, Ortega wrote, “I enjoyed every single messy, shouty, beautiful minute of it, and every single (messy, shouty, beautiful) one of you has made a difference in my […]
Pensions & Investments hires Marchant in London
Christopher Marchant has joined Pensions & Investments’ London office as a reporter. Marchant will cover institutional investment across asset owners and money managers in Europe. He was previously a writer for Net Zero Investor, where he focused on how pension funds allocate money when taking the impact of climate change into account. He also covered […]
Boston Biz Journal reporter Green switches to life sciences beat
Boston Business Journal reporter Hannah Green is now covering biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. She has been covering technology. Green, a native of Massachusetts, graduated from Boston University in December 2021 with a master’s degree in journalism. Green was an investigative-reporting intern at GBH News and project manager in Boston University’s Justice Media Co-Lab, managing student […]
9fin hires Frumes to lead coverage of distressed debt and restructuring
9fin announced Monday that Max Frumes has joined the company to oversee global coverage of distressed debt and restructuring. Frumes co-authored one of the definitive books on distressed debt — “The Caesars Palace Coup.” He joins from LevFin Insights, where he ran the special situations news team globally. Before that, he was instrumental in setting up […]
Orlando Biz Journal hires Guniss as editor in chief
Carolyn Guniss has been hired as the next editor-in-chief of Orlando Business Journal. Managing editor Susan Lundine writes, “Guniss, a 30-year veteran in the journalism industry, currently is the senior content editor at the Orlando Sentinel, a position she has held for nearly three years. “She will step into her new role at OBJ on Jan. 16, succeeding Sean McCrory, who departed […]
Politico hires Carlson to cover EU financial regulation
Politico has hired Kathryn Carlson to cover European Union financial regulation in Brussels. She has been a correspondent leading EU financial services coverage for MLex in Brussels. She previously covered energy and trade as a reporter for MLex, and has written for Reuters and The Times of London among other outlets. Carlson holds a degree in English […]
Serrano among those laid off at The Messenger
Jody Serrano is among the editorial staff laid off at The Messenger. Serrano had been covering online communities and social media. Previously, she was an online communities and internet reporter at Gizmodo, where she joined in 2017 as a weekend editor. Serrano began her career in Texas, where she also worked for the Austin American-Statesman and The Texas Tribune. She […]
