National Review appoints Ponnuru editor

Ramesh Ponnuru has been promoted to the post of editor at the National Review. In his new role, Ponnuru replaces Rich Lowry who will step down after 24 years. Lowry will continue to serve in his current job until the end of the year and will transition to the role of CEO in January 2022. […]

NY Times makes two new hires

The following excerpt announcement was sent out by The New York Times, Opinion politics editor Ezekiel Kweku: Laura Reston will join as senior editor. Laura comes to Times Opinion from The New Republic. There, Laura edited some of the magazine’s most ambitious political opinion and analysis. Over the last four years, she has commissioned and […]

Review-Journal names Dickensheets features editor

Scott Dickensheets is now a features editor at the Review-Journal overseeing entertainment, food, travel and lifestyle coverage. He will also be leading rjmagazine, the upcoming relaunch of Neon and the Sunday ENT. section. Previously, Dickensheets was deputy editor of Nevada Public Radio’s Desert Companion magazine. He has also served as editor of the Stephens Media […]

NY Post managing editor of news Lenkowitz set to depart

Eric Lenkowitz, managing editor, news at The New York Post will be leaving, reports Politico. Lenkowitz has been with the Post for over 12 years, also serving as a news reporter and assistant metro editor. Zach Haberman will be succeeding Lenkowitz. Currently, Haberman is a politics editor at NBC News. Previously, he was director of […]

APCO taps CNN’s Defterios as senior advisor

APCO Worldwide has appointed former emerging markets editor/anchor John Defterios as a senior advisor. In his new role, Defterios “will split his time between Europe and the MENA region, supporting the development of branded content for global media platforms.” He will be based in London. Defterios has been with CNN for over 13 years, having […]

MarketWatch taps Bloomberg’s Chen to cover rates and currencies

Vivien Lou Chen, a veteran Bloomberg reporter, has left to join MarketWatch in San Francisco, covering rates and currencies, the same beat she was covering at Bloomberg. Chen had been with Bloomberg for over 22 years. Chen also reported for Daily Journal Corp., Los Angeles Times and Des Moines Register. She has also interned at […]

NBC News hires Childers as executive editor for business, tech and media

NBC News has hired Nicole Childers to be executive editor of business, technology and media coverage. “I’m excited about this next chapter in my career and returning to where I got my start in journalism, TV network news,” she wrote on Twitter. Childers is the executive producer of Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio. She joined the […]

Private Debt Investor hires Haley as reporter

Michael Haley will be joining PEI Media’s Private Debt Investor as a reporter, covering private debt. Previously, Haley was reporting on venture capital and tech startups news at Business Insider. Before that, he was at Dow Jones, where he worked as a research editor, VentureSource and research editor, Sanctions & Other Official Lists, Risk & […]

Fallor joins Dealreporter as senior antitrust reporter

Evan Fallor has joined Acuris as a as senior antitrust reporter, with an emphasis on the Department of Justice, U.S. federal agencies, and merger review, for Dealreporter and PaRR. Previously, he covered tax policy and legislation at Tax Analysts. He was also trade and policy reporter at S&P Global Market Intelligence. In addition, he has […]

Courier appoints Hustad as senior reporter

Karis Hustad has joined Courier as a senior reporter, covering small business, start-ups, tech and modern business across print and digital. She will be based in London. Recently, she was a reporter covering direct lending, private equity and M&A in Europe for Debtwire. She has also contributed to Mergermarket and worked as a reporter, multimedia […]