Mansion Global hires Hendrickson as a reporter
Dow Jones real estate publication Mansion Global has hired Leslie Hendrickson as a reporter. Hendrickson has been previously freelancing for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Mansion Global, Barron’s, The Real Deal, The Hollywood Reporter, Getty Images, amNewYork, Family Circle, ARTNews, Jane magazine, The New York Sun, Columbia Magazine and The Union […]
Barron’s hires Welsch as a reporter
Barron’s has hired Andrew Welsch as a reporter. He is covering financial advisors, wealth management firms and regulation. Welsch previously was the managing editor of Financial Planning, where he oversaw a team of five reporters, curated a slate of daily and weekly newsletters for financial advisors and helped set editorial goals for the publication. He was also […]
Dow Jones hires Hayes as chief business officer, new ventures
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Colleagues, We’re pleased to share that Robert Hayes is appointed Chief Business Officer, New Ventures. In this newly created role, Rob will oversee growth across our franchises by driving emerging businesses and platforms, such as audio, video, events, strategic partnerships and gaming. These […]
The Guardian names McClure New Zealand correspondent
Tess McClure has joined The Guardian as Aotearoa New Zealand correspondent. Most recently, she was a research associate at the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics (INCITE) at Columbia University. Before that, she was deputy editor at Vice Media. She has also worked as a digital features producer at Radio New Zealand. Additionally, she […]
The Guardian appoints Ni as China affairs correspondent
The Guardian has named Vincent Ni as China affairs correspondent. He joins from BBC News where he worked for more than 7 years. He joined as a multimedia reporter and then served as senior journalist/duty editor. Recently, he held the post of convenor/co-founder, BBC Asia Brief. He is also the co-founder of Asia Matters Podcast, […]
NY Post hires Wayt to cover technology
The New York Post has hired Theo Wayt to cover technology news. He will start next month. Wayt is the third hire this month on the Post’s business desk. Wayt is currently a senior reporter for business and economics and social sciences for The Academic Times, a higher education news startup. He used to cover banks, investment […]
Ex-WSJ R&D chief, automation editor start computational journalism company with $1.5M funding
Francesco Marconi, who led artificial intelligence efforts at the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, announced Thursday in a Medium post the launch of new computational journalism company Applied XL. Erin Riglin, who previously served as the Journal’s first automation editor, is the company’s chief technology officer. According to TechCrunch, the news automation […]
TechCrunch reporter O’Hear leaving for grocery startup
Steve O’Hear, a senior reporter at TechCrunch, is leaving the site to become vice president of strategy at grocery startup Zapp. Isabel Woodford at Sifted writes, “Donning his trademark hat, and tapping an enviable contact book, O’Hear has covered an entire generation of UK startups — penning some of the first articles about the likes […]
Murdoch joins Capital Monitor as corporates editor
Capital Monitor, New Statesman Media Group, has hired Adrian Murdoch as a corporates editor. He joins from LaingBuisson where he was editor, Healthcare Markets International. Murdoch has also served as international editor, Finance Asia, at Haymarket Media Group. He was also editor, Health Investor Asia, at Investor Publishing Ltd. He has also worked freelance for IFR, […]
GlobalCapital taps Metcalf as people and markets editor
Richard Metcalf is joining GlobalCapital in London as a people and markets editor overseeing coverage of people moves, bank strategies, capital markets regulation and fintech. He joins from Power, Finance & Risk in New York where he was editor for 6 years providing insight into power and renewables project finance and M&A, including capital markets […]
