The Sun hires Minn as features writer
The Sun, News UK, has appointed Hayley Minn as a features writer. She joins from Future where she was a celebrity features editor. She has also worked as a live TV reporter at the Daily Mirror and was an online showbiz reporter and then an online TV reporter at OK! Magazine. She has also served […]
Arizona Republic appoints Ford to investigative team on its website
Andrew Ford has joined the investigative team at azcentral, The Arizona Republic’s digital home. He comes from Gannett | USA Today Network where he has worked as a reporter producing investigative pieces for Asbury Park Press and The Record (Bergen County). He was also a local reporting network reporter at ProPublica and a breaking news […]
CNN makes two new hires on the climate beat
CNN has hired John Keefe as a senior data and visuals editor for climate. Before that, he was a graphics/multimedia editor at The New York Times. He was also at Quartz for more than 3 years, joining as a bot developer and app product manager. He then served as a technical architect – bots and […]
Vaitheeswaran named global energy and climate innovation editor at The Economist
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, the U.S. business editor at The Economist, is the new global energy and climate innovation editor. In this new post, he will lead global coverage of the energy and utility industries, the clean energy transition, climate innovations and low carbon technologies. He will be on the lookout for changing business models, novel financing […]
WSJ graphics reporter Levitt departs due to newsletter
Wall Street Journal graphics reporter Daniel Levitt writes that he has left the paper after the standards committee complained about his paid newsletter, Inside the Newsroom, which posts jobs openings. Levitt writes, “Well, thanks to each and every one of you, I’ve been able to get by for the past few weeks. But I can’t lie, it’s […]
Austin Biz Journal hires Pitcher to cover residential real estate
Michelle Pitcher joined Austin Business Journal this week to cover the residential real estate market. Managing editor Will Anderson reports, “The Texas native has spent the past few years in California, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and freelancing for outlets such as The Mercury News in San Jose. “Most recently […]
Bloomberg’s German bureau chief joining PR firm
Bloomberg’s German bureau chief, Daniel Schäfer, has joined strategic communications firm Finsbury Glover Hering as a partner in the capital markets team, reports Maja Pawinska Sims of Provoke. Sims reports, “Schäfer has worked as a journalist and media manager in Frankfurt and London for more than two decades. At Bloomberg News he was responsible for the media […]
Insider hires Musumeci as senior reporter
Insider has hired Natalie Musumeci as a senior reporter on the breaking news team. She has been at The New York Post as a reporter since September 2014. Musumeci previously worked at The New York Daily News as its Brooklyn reporter and at the Brooklyn Paper as a reporter. She is a graduate of CUNY-Brooklyn […]
Helm, editor at large at Inc/Fast Company, departs after a decade
Burt Helm, an editor at large at Inc. and Fast Company, has left the two publications after a decade. His work has appeared in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, GQ, Businessweek, Men’s Journal, and Bloomberg News. Helm is the recipient of four Best in Business awards for feature writing from […]
Denver Biz Journal promotes Geers to editor in chief
Kourtney Geers, who has served as managing editor of the Denver Business Journal since mid-2018, is the paper’s new editor in chief, reports Ed Sealover of the Business Journal. Sealover reports, “Geers succeeds Rebecca Troyer, who left last month to become director of email publications for American City Business Journals, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based parent company of DBJ. Troyer had served in […]
