Gordon leaves Bloomberg for European Central Bank
Bloomberg News journalist Paul Gordon has left the news organization after 18 years to join the European Central Bank. He is head of global media relations. Gordon was most recently team leader in Frankfurt, overseeing coverage of the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Swiss National Bank, plus a good dose of the euro-area […]
Antenen joins Inframation as editor
Jay Antenen has joined Inframation, which provides news on infrastructure M&A, greenfield investment and public-private partnerships, as North America editor leading coverage for in the U.S. and Canada for core infrastructure. Recently, he was legal editor, North America at Acuris, which was a newly created position where he developed editorial content and analytics geared towards […]
Politico hires Zak of CNN Business to be head of newsletters
Politico Editorial Director of Strategy and Operations Alexandra Manzano, Editor-in-Chief Matt Kaminski and Executive Editor of Platforms and Operations Joe Schatz sent out the following on Thursday: Each month, this newsroom publishes thousands of unique newsletter editions that reach millions of readers. Politico has long been an industry leader in newsletters (before it was cool) […]
Dow Jones appoints GMs for WSJ, Factiva and Risk & Compliance
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following on Thursday: Colleagues, As we step into FY22 with significant momentum, I’m pleased to announce three new General Manager roles for our Wall Street Journal, Factiva and Risk & Compliance franchises. The appointments reflect our focus on strengthening our communities, or verticals—a key strategic […]
Nowell departs Johnston Press for NationalWorld
Andrew Nowell, a senior reporter at Wigan Evening Post, Wigan Observer and Leigh Reporter – Johnston Press is leaving to join NationalWorld. Nowell has been with the publication for over 9 years, and has previously worked as a junior reporter. Nowell is a NCTK-certified journalist.
Richard joins NBC as associate producer, podcasts
NBC News has tapped Olivia Richard as associate producer, podcasts. She joins from Southern California Public Radio where she worked as an assistant producer and then as an associate producer. Richard also works freelance for various publications. The award-winning journalist was also an associate producer at LAist.com and KJZZ Phoenix. She was also an education […]
HuffPost taps Bakar as life reporter
Faima Bakar has joined HuffPost as a life reporter. Previously, she was a senior staff writer at Journo Resources. She also works freelance. Bakar has also worked at Metro.co.uk and has reported for Oxford Mail and Times Limited and South West News Service. She has also written for the John Lewis Partnership’s internal magazine, She […]
ProPublica appoints Rachlis senior editor
ProPublica sent out the following excerpt announcement: Kit Rachlis is joining its national team as a senior editor. He will oversee a team of reporters to guide and elevate revelatory, important stories and projects. Rachlis starts on Aug. 30. Rachlis joins ProPublica from the Atlantic, where he was a senior editor on the political desk. […]
Sacramento Biz Journal hires Abbott as a reporter
Jacob Abbott has joined the Sacramento Business Journal as a reporter. Recently, he was managing editor at the Appeal-Democrat. Abbott joined as a reporter, and since then has covered various beats, including local government, natural resources, agriculture, crime and courts, state legislation and homelessness. He was also a trainee at NPR and Capital Public Radio. […]
Amazon taps Imam to create content and editorial
Jareen Imam has joined Amazon to create content and editorial for its advertising team. Previously, she was director of social newsgathering at NBCUniversal. She was also head of social media at CBS News. Imam was also with CNN for 6 years, holding various roles, including intern/freelancer, video journalist, associate producer, digital writer/producer and social discovery […]
