Politico hires Kashinsky to cover Massachusetts

Lisa Kashinsky will be joining Politico as the author of Massachusetts Playbook. Kashinsky joins from the Boston Herald where she held the post of politics/general assignment reporter. She has also worked as a freelancer at From the Top and was a staff reporter at The Eagle-Tribune. She was also a general assignment reporter at GateHouse […]

Beat switch for Politico’s Murray

Stephanie Murray, current Massachusetts Playbook author, will now be heading Politico’s federal campaigns newsletter, “Morning Score.” Murray joined Politico in 2018 as an editorial intern. Prior to that, she was an intern at State House News Service. She was also a writer and then editor-in-chief of The Amherst Wire, the student-produced, digital-first publication of the […]

Politico’s Bertrand departs for CNN

Natasha Bertrand has joined CNN as a national security and White House reporter, reports Politico. Previously, she held the post of White House correspondent at Politico, and before that was a national security correspondent. She has also worked as a contributor at NBC News and was a staff writer, national security/politics at The Atlantic. She […]

ProPublica hires BuzzFeed’s Silverman

ProPublica announced Monday that it has hired reporter Craig Silverman to cover voting, platforms, disinformation and online manipulation. He starts on May 10. Silverman comes to ProPublica from BuzzFeed News, where he held the title of media editor and produced a string of major investigative stories about misinformation, fake news and the unfettered power of […]

Credit Union Journal editor Passman, ME Stewart depart

Credit Union Journal is now part of American Banker and is no longer a separate brand, and editor in chief Aaron Passman and managing editor Jackie Stewart have left in the past few months. Passman is now editor in chief of Paperwork Studios, which publishes The Filament and Fundwise. He became editor in September 2018. […]

Crilly departs Washington Examiner for Daily Mail

Rob Crilly will be joining the Daily Mail as a senior political reporter. He comes from the Washington Examiner where he held the post of White House correspondent. He has also worked freelance with his work appearing in The Telegraph, The Irish Times, The Scotsman and The New Statesman. During his freelance stint, he also […]

Axios hires Marino as its business editor

Kate Marino has been hired by Axios to be its business editor. She started on Monday. Marino has spent the last decade at Debtwire, where she was most recently managing editor of North America corporate coverage, overseeing a team of journalists covering North America leveraged finance, distressed debt and restructuring. She was also a deputy editor, […]

Atlanta Biz Chronicle hires Suggs to cover commercial real estate

The Atlanta Business Chronicle has hired Donnell Suggs to cover commercial real estate and development. He will start May 3. Suggs has been a staffer writer for The Southern Cross, a publication of the Catholic diocese in Savannah, Georgia. He was also sports editor of the Houston Home Journal in Perry, Georgia. He has also been a […]

Eggerton retiring from Broadcasting & Cable

John Eggerton, the Washington bureau chief of Broadcasting & Cable, is retiring from the publication after more than 40 years in the industry. He will remain a contributing editor, which means he will still file stories periodically. Eggerton began at Broadcasting Magazine in January 1981 as a copy boy and worked his way up through […]

The Real Deal hires Urban as director of editorial development

Real estate publication The Real Deal has hired Rob Urban as director of editorial development. He started on Monday. Urban had previously been at Bloomberg News for 28 years, including stints in Moscow and Prague as well as New York. He most recently was a senior editor and reporter on the finance and real estate team. He […]