Barron’s senior reporter Walsh departs

Senior reporter Ben Walsh has left Barron’s after three years He will be “digging into some longer-term reporting projects and explore new opportunities,” according to a post on Twitter. He has also worked at Reuters and HuffPost. Walsh worked on Reuters’ “Counterparties,” a product focused on bringing together the best business, finance and economics writing on […]

Yahoo Finance correspondent Hahm departs

Yahoo Finance journalist Melody Hahm will be joining Harlem Capital in July, helming its community, content and platform. Her first day in her new job will be July 12. She left Yahoo Finance last week. Most recently, she was West Coast correspondent at Yahoo Finance. Before that, she was a senior writer and on-air reporter. […]

Bloomberg Law taps Curi to cover cybersecurity and telecom

Maria Cristina Curi will be joining Bloomberg Law next week, reporting on cybersecurity and telecom, including the FCC. Curi was a trade reporter at Inside U.S. Trade, a subscription-fee-based daily online news service from Inside Washington Publishers. Before that, she was an intern at Politico. Curi has also interned at The Iowa Center for Public […]

Washington Post’s Heath retiring after 31 years at the paper

Thomas Heath, a local business reporter and columnist for The Washington Post, is retiring after 31 years at the paper. His last day is Wednesday, June 30. Heath writes about entrepreneurs and various companies big and small in the Washington metropolitan area. Previously, he wrote about the business of sports for The Washington Post’s sports section […]

Hoffman leaving markets beat for AFP

Agence France-Presse reporter Daniel Hoffman is leaving the markets beat in New York for the newswire and moving to its Paris operation. His last day on the beat is Wednesday. Hoffman has been with Agence France-Presse since 2017 and previously covered sports and the technology beat. He also has been a correspondent for France 24. Hoffman holds […]

Garcia departs Dallas Morning News for Des Moines Register

Nic Garcia is joining the politics team at the Des Moines Register. His new role starts July 19. Currently, Garcia is a senior writer at the Dallas Morning News, covering Dallas County government and other political stories in North Texas, a post he will be leaving on July 16. Prior to the News, Garcia was […]

Sebastian to cover the world of finance for Interactive Investor

Alex Sebastian has joined Interactive Investor as a news editor covering investing, financial markets, economics, and personal finance. Sebastian comes from This Is Money, where he held the same post, reporting on companies, markets, investment and economics, among performing other tasks. He has also worked as a deputy news editor, and then as news editor […]

NY Post media columnist Kelly plans to retire

Keith Kelly, the widely read and much-feared media reporter and columnist for the New York Post, is planning to retire on July 23 after more than two decades at the tabloid, reports Thom Geier of The Wrap. Geier reports, “Since joining the Post in 1998 after stints at Magazine Week, Advertising Age and the New York Daily […]

San Fran Biz Times reporter Rinker is leaving to freelance

Brian Rinker, who covers technology, startups and innovation for the San Francisco Business Times, is leaving the newsroom. His last day will be July 16. Rinker plans to freelance. He has been at the Business Times since November 2019.  Before joining SFBT, he  was a freelance health reporter for Health Affairs and Kaiser Health News […]

Gray departs Bloomberg for LA Times

The Los Angeles Times has hired Philip Gray as deputy op-ed editor Opinion. Gray joins from Bloomberg News, where he was an editor for 6 years on the diversity and sustainability teams. Prior to Bloomberg, he was with The New York Times for more than 7 years, joining as a copy editor for Business Day. […]