Insider hires Okocha as associate biz editor in London
Insider has hired Winifred Okocha as an associate business editor in London. She will start later this month. Okocha will be working with the growing London business desk, helping reporters continue to produce breaking business news, analysis, and features. Okocha worked as a BBC producer and journalist. She worked for over 3 years at BBC Newsnight, as […]
NY Times hires three on the Live team
The following announcement was sent out by The New York Times assistant managing editor Marc Lacey: With our desire to bring more readers into New York Times journalism as it’s breaking, through briefings, blogs, chats and more, it is clear that 2021 will be the Year of Live. To help the newsroom build on all […]
Local Government Chronicle hires Knott as acting news editor
Jonathan Knott has joined Local Government Chronicle as an acting news editor. Previously, he was deputy editor at ArtsProfessional. Knott was also a freelance technical copywriter at MRM Meteorite and has written news and features for publications including the Museums Journal, Public Finance, the Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, and BBC Travel as a freelance journalist. He […]
FT hires Mersinoglu on the curation team
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu has joined the Financial Times on the curation team. Previously, she was a reporter covering breaking news, providing analysis and conducting investigations at FE Week. During her time there, she was selected for the NCTJ Awards for Excellence 2020 for news journalism. Mersinoglu was also an intern at FT on the World […]
Politico taps Heikkilä as AI correspondent
Melissa Heikkilä is now covering artificial intelligence for Politico, and will be anchoring the weekly AI: Decoded newsletter. She will be based in London, but will be in Brussels regularly depending upon the pandemic situation. Before this, she was a tech reporter covering digital tax, the gig economy, consumer policy, data and emerging technologies at […]
Insider hires Joyner to cover VC/startups
Insider has hired April Joyner as a reporter to cover venture capital and startups. She will start later this month. Joyner is currently a markets correspondent at Reuters, where she focuses on U.S. stocks. She has written on occasion about the homebuilding and retail industries. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Inc. magazine, and she has […]
Ulmer named national affairs correspondent for Reuters
Alexandra Ulmer is now a national affairs correspondent for Reuters based in San Francisco. She most recently was based in India. Ulmer previously covered the opaque state oil company, often violent protests, and also frequently writes about health and social issues in Venezuela. She has also reported for Reuters in Argentina and Chile. Prior to that, she […]
Politico shuffles energy reporters
Politico energy reporter Kelsey Tamburrino is moving to a new beat covering renewable energy while breaking news reporter Matthew Choi will begin covering energy. Choi will also edit the Morning Energy newsletter. Tamburrino has been at Politico since October 2015, first as a copy editor and since December 2018 as a reporter covering energy. She is a Penn State […]
Insider hires Dean as deputy editor of business in UK
Insider has hired James Dean as the deputy editor for business coverage in the United Kingdom. He will be based in London and oversee a number of teams. Dean will start in June. Dean is the chief business correspondent for The Times of London. He previously was the U.S. business editor based in New York […]
Wired names Lichfield its editorial director
MIT Technology Review editor in chief Gideon Lichfield has been named editorial director of Wired magazine. He replaces Nicholas Thompson, who left to run The Atlantic. Lichfield will start on March 22. “Wired is iconic, and it’s been pivotal to shaping technology’s place in the culture,” said Lichfield in a statement. “I’m proud of the work I’ve […]
