Social media editor Cervantes among the WSJ layofffs
Nelly M. Ontiveros Cervantes, a social media editor The Wall Street Journal, was among the layoffs at the publication earlier this week. She has been at The Journal for the past year. She served as the editor in chief of NSM Today, which is run by journalism major students at the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson […]
Downs moves to Congress beat for E&E News
Politico agriculture reporter Garrett Downs is moving to cover Congress for E&E News, a subsidiary of Politico. He has been covering agriculture for Politico since June 2022. He previously was an associate editor at Agri-Pulse Communications and an associate editor and reporter at Inside Washington Publishers. Downs interned for Politico and Our Voice NYC. Downs is a […]
Delaware Biz Times hires Antonik as associate editor
The Delaware Business Times has hired Jennifer Antonik as its associate editor. Editor in chief Katie Tabeling writes, “Antonik, who most recently worked as the public relations coordinator at the Delaware Farm Bureau, will be leading the Delaware Business Times’ efforts to cover business, government and economic development matters in central and southern Delaware. She takes the […]
WSJ makes more layoffs, on video and social media teams
The Wall Street Journal conducted another round of layoffs, affecting its video and social media teams, reports Corbin Bolies of The Daily Beast. Bolies reports, “The total number of affected employees was not immediately clear. Some of the video staffers laid off include those in the Journal’s Journalists as Creators program, a partnership with Google […]
Stock named special projects editor at Dallas Biz Journal
Lynn Stock has been named special projects editor at the Dallas Business Journal. She has been at the Silicon Valley Business Journal for the past decade and most recently has been interim managing editor. She also was special projects editor and deputy managing editor. Stock previously was executive editor of Go Riverwalk Magazine and editor […]
Bloomberg Opinion hires Smith as a columnist
Bloomberg Opinion senior executive editor Timothy O’Brien sent out the following on Wednesday: Victoria Benning and I are pleased to let you know that Erika Smith will be joining Opinion as a politics and policy columnist based in Los Angeles. She’ll start on April 29. Prior to joining Opinion, Erika was a columnist with the […]
Slate hires Tran as senior tech editor
Slate has hired Tony Ho Tran to be its senior technology editor. He previously was senior editor for innovation and tech at The Daily Beast. He has been covering technology including artificial intelligence, robotics, VR/AR, electric vehicles, and biotechnology. He was previously a staff writer for Futurism, and a contributing writer for The Chicago Defender. His work has been published in HuffPost, Narratively, Outside Magazine and […]
NY Times hires Rose, former WSJ chief enterprise editor
New York Times opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury sent out the following on Wednesday: I announced in December that Opinion would create a leadership role of editorial director to oversee our Guest Essay department, our International coverage and our Video team — three vital parts of Opinion that produce much of our most important work, particularly from writers, […]
Slate hires Krzaczek as senior business editor
Slate has hired Katie Krzaczek as its senior business editor. She has been an assistant business editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She started at the Inquirer as a digital editor before moving to the business news desk in 2023. Before, she had been at Insider and Business Insider for two years as a business editor. Previously, she […]
Columbus Dispatch hires Hendrickson to cover medical business
The Columbus Dispatch has hired Samantha Hendrickson to cover medical business and health care. She is a reporter for the Associated Press in Columbus. Before joining Report for America, she was a general assignment and business reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Hendrickson is a proud alumnus of The Minnesota Daily, the University of Minnesota’s student-run paper, […]
