Daily Beast hires Walker as social media editor
Kevinisha Walker will be joining The Daily Beast as a social media editor next week. Previously, Walker was a digital engagement producer at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. She was also a site and social media producer at NOLA.com and a reporter at Daily Comet. She has also interned at Chicago Public Media, […]
AP appoints Meyer news editor
Holly Meyer is joining the Associated Press global religion team as a news editor. Her new role starts Jul. 26. Previously, she was a religion reporter at The Tennessean. She also held the same post at The Post-Crescent. She also reported for the Rapid City Journal. Meyer has also interned at the Army News Service, […]
NY Times names new Dealbook editors
Dealbook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin sent out the following on Thursday: We are delighted to announce the expansion of the DealBook newsletter team, with two editors who help elevate our agenda-setting coverage on the intersection of business and policy, and contribute to the broader Business report. Most recently, we welcomed Stephen Gandel as DealBook’s news editor, where […]
Texas Tribune’s Weaver set to depart
Jessica Weaver, creative director for live events at Texas Tribune, is set to leave. Weaver has been with the Tribune for over 6 years. In 2014, she joined as a Texas Tribune festival coordinator. She then left to work as an outreach coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin. She re-joined the company in […]
St. Pete Catalyst’s Manning has retired
Margie Manning, the finance editor at a digital startup, the St. Petersburg Catalyst, has retired. Manning previously was the finance editor at the Tampa Bay Business Journal before joining the startup Catalyst nearly three years ago. She had been at the Business Journal from March 2004 to September 2018. Manning started her journalism career as […]
Quinnipiac hires Silver to be Abelson chair
Quinnipiac University has hired Sara Silver as the first Alan Abelson Endowed Professor of Business Journalism/Financial Communication. She will also start on Aug. 16. Silver has been lecturing at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she is an adjunct, and conducting training sessions at many newsrooms including The Washington Post. Her career includes reporting at […]
WSJ hires Hassan as platform editor
The Wall Street Journal has hired Mohamed Hassan as a platform editor. He has been at The New York Post for the past four years as an associate digital editor and as a reporter/producer. Hassan also worked at NBCNews.com as a digital contributor and at MSNBC. He holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University.
Forbes reporter Kirsch hired by The Daily Beast
Forbes reporter Noah Kirsch has been hired by The Daily Beast to cover wealth and power. He will take over The Beast’s “Power Trip” column. Kirsch has been with Forbes for the past five years. He has been a reporter, chief of reporters and a staff writer. At Forbes, he writes feature stories and investigative pieces across […]
Daher to join CNN Politics as editor
CNN Politics has hired Natalie Daher as an editor. Daher joins from NowThis, where she is a senior editor. Before that, she has worked as a social publisher and editorial producer. She has also freelanced for HuffPost, The Daily Beast, The Week, The Atlantic’s City Lab, Atlas Obscura, Racked, Lapham’s Quarterly, Longreads, CNBC.com, The Riveter […]
Poff departs Digg for BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed is welcoming back Jon-Michael Poff as editorial director of BuzzFeed.com. He starts next week. Poff has previously worked at BuzzFeed from 2014 to 2020. He served as an editorial fellow, community editor, editor and senior editor. Most recently, Poff was an editorial director at Digg. His work has also appeared in Tasty and The […]
