The Bloomberg journalist who fell in love with Martin Shkreli
Stephanie Clifford writes for Elle magazine about former Bloomberg News reporter Christie Smythe, who fell for convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, who remains in prison. Clifford reports, “Says Smythe, ‘Lots of reporters were tweeting or writing stories about interactions with Martin, and I had a rich store of knowledge I hadn’t been able to use in […]
Koppisch hired as AME of Discourse
Longtime business journalist John Koppisch has been named assistant managing editor of Discourse. Discourse is a new online journal of economics, politics and society dedicated to free-market ideas from George Mason University. Koppisch had been a freelance editor for Inc. magazine earlier this year. He previously was a senior editor at Forbes magazine from March 2006 […]
Montgomery named biz editor of Dubuque paper
Jeff Montgomery has been named business editor of The Telegraph Herald, the newspaper in Dubuque, Iowa. A story on its website states, “In addition to those editing duties, Montgomery will continue to be the TH’s lead business reporter and Hinga will remain the primary education reporter. Other TH reporters also will provide some assistance in those […]
Olanoff returns to TechCrunch to work on Extra Crunch
Former TechCrunch staffer Drew Olanoff is returning to the tech news organization to work on Extra Crunch, its subscription service. Olanoff will start in early 2021 and work on community projects. He previously worked at TechCrunch in 2015 and 2016, covering Google and Twitter and focusing on augmented reality stories. In 2012 and 2013, he worked at […]
Press Herald names LaClaire to cover business
The Portland Press Herald in Maine has named Hannah LaClaire to cover business. LaClaire has been at its sister paper, The Times Herald, since 2018. LaClaire took home the Bob Drake Young Writer’s Award, which is given to a journalist with less than two years of experience, from the Maine Press Association last year. LaClaire currently covers the communities […]
Longtime Reuters bureau chief and correspondent Baker has left
Luke Baker, who has been at Reuters for 23 years and was the bureau chief in Paris, Brussels and Jerusalem, has left the news organization. Since September 2019, he has been an international affairs correspondent based on London. Baker was the Paris bureau chief from September 2017 to September 2019, leading more than 120 people, […]
WSJ hires Varagur to write At Work column
The Wall Street Journal has hired Krithika Varagur as its At Work columnist. Varagur writes about the quirks, realities and frustrations of the workplace today. She is a reporter and author who has covered topics ranging from dating apps to counterterrorism. She spent four years as a foreign correspondent in Southeast and South Asia, reporting on […]
The Information to launch opinion section, hires Delaney
Tech news site The Information plans to launch an opinion section next month and has hired former Quartz editor in chief Kevin Delaney as a senior editor, reports Kerry Flynn of CNN Business. Flynn reports, “Jessica Lessin, founder and EIC of The Information, told me her site will launch an Opinion section in January: ‘If you look at Opinion across […]
Casino industry reporter Danzis leaving Press of Atlantic City
David Danzis, who has covered the casino industry for The Press of Atlantic City, is leaving the paper on Friday. He will start Monday at Play NJ, covering casino and gambling news. “I am excited for a new chapter but saddened to be closing another,” he wrote on Twitter. Danzis joined The Press in early […]
Yahoo Finance real estate reporter Paynter is departing
Sarah Paynter, a real estate reporter at Yahoo Finance, is departing on Dec. 31. She had been at Yahoo Finance since September 2019. Paynter has been nominated for the Yahoo Finance trailblazer award for her “Mall of the Future” article, which was Yahoo’s first interscroller article and first augmented reality experience, plus it had audio […]
