BackBay Communications appoints Mitchell as media strategist
Donna Mitchell has joined BackBay Communications asset and wealth management group as a media strategist. Mitchell brings more than 20 years of financial reporting, editing, and thought leadership experience to the company. Previously, she was a senior editor for Financial Planning magazine. She was also a writer and editor at Enterprise Ink, which provides freelance […]
Silicon Valley Biz Journal promotes AME, reporter retires
The Silicon Valley Business Journal has promoted one of its staffers to assistant managing editor while another staffer is retiring. Editor in chief J. Jennings Moss writes, “Another change in the editing ranks of the Business Journal is the promotion of Ryan Fernandez to become assistant managing editor. Fernandez has worked for the SVBJ as an associate […]
ProPublica hires Deam to cover health care
ProPublica announced Friday that it has hired reporter Jenny Deam to cover health care in Washington, D.C. She starts on March 1. Deam comes to ProPublica from the Houston Chronicle, where she has worked since 2015. With an investigative focus on the business of health care, she wrote about health care fraud and the uneasy […]
The Wrap reporter Sippell departs
Margeaux Sippell, a reporter at entertainment industry publication The Wrap, is leaving the publication. She has been at the publication for the past two years. “I learned so much here and made so many lasting friendships, for which I will always be grateful,” she wrote on Twitter. Sippell interned at Variety and on the business […]
USA Today names Maltais as ME of consumer news
USA Today has named Michelle Maltais as editor of consumer news. A story on its website states, “Maltais, as managing editor for consumer news, will supervise coverage that includes consumer issues, technology and travel. She joined USA TODAY in 2018 as an editor in Money and Tech, overseeing coverage of retail, food and technology. “‘One primary mission of […]
Fortune staff writer Jenkins departs
Aric Jenkins, a staff writer at Fortune magazine, is leaving the organization. He has also been editing the magazine’s “Race Ahead” newsletter. “I’m so proud and grateful to have been a part of this team,” he wrote on Twitter. “Spending the last 4 years writing for such illustrious magazine was a dream come true.” Jenkins […]
Salek departs Bloomberg Radio
Sebastian Salek, who presents “Bloomberg Westminster” on Bloomberg Radio, is leaving the organization. His last day is Friday. Salek is becoming head of international public relations for AST SpaceMobile. The radio program and its accompanying podcast launched in 2019. As a reporter for Bloomberg Television, Salek has covered some of the biggest moments in the […]
Bloomberg’s Cortez moving to Hong Kong to be editor
Michelle Fay Cortez, a senior reporter on the health team at Bloomberg News, is moving to Hong Kong to be an editor on the health and consumer team. She is currently based in Minneapolis. Cortez has been with Bloomberg since 1992, with stints in Washington, where she covered the FDA, and London. Her recent reporting has […]
TechCrunch hires Burkholder to cover biotech/health startups
TechCrunch has hired Sophie Burkholder to cover startups from health and biotech to enterprise. Burkholder is a recent graduate of the undergraduate engineering school at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now pursuing an M.S.E. in bioengineering and engineering entrepreneurship. She has used this foundation in science and business to report on startups, economic […]
Gizmodo parent fired journalist because of activism, union claims
Online publisher G/O Media Inc. told employees of its tech news website Gizmodo that it fired a co-worker because of her union activism, the Writers Guild of America East alleged in a complaint filed with a U.S. regulator, reports Josh Eidelson of Bloomberg News. Eidelson reports, “In filings Thursday with the National Labor Relations Board, the union claimed […]
