Reuters names Gershberg as global industry editor for health care and pharma
Reuters announced Friday the appointment of Michele Gershberg as global industry editor for health care and pharmaceuticals. The new position formalizes Gershberg’s central role in running coverage of the novel coronavirus and of the global pharmaceutical business. “Michele’s shrewd news judgment and exemplary leadership skills have been on brilliant display across our organization from the […]
Business Insider reporter Licea moves to features desk
Business Insider senior wealth reporter Melkorka Licea is moving to the features desk. She had been covering the lifestyles of the rich and famous since joining Business Insider earlier this year. Licea was previously at the New York Post, where she was a news reporter, enterprise reporter and features reporter. She had been at the Post since […]
Protocol hires WSJ’s Geron to cover financial technology
Tech news site Protocol has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Tomio Geron to cover financial technology. He has been writing about technology, venture capital and startups for WSJ Pro Venture Capital and The Wall Street Journal from the Journal’s San Francisco bureau. Previously he worked at a startup company. Prior to that, he was a staff reporter […]
Chai returning to WSJ as deputy editor of culture, training and outreach
Barbara Chai is returning to The Wall Street Journal as deputy editor of culture, training and outreach. “The work is deeply meaningful and important at this inflection point in our culture and in journalism. I’m thrilled to rejoin the newsroom family and to celebrate our people every day,” she wrote on LinkedIn. She has been global […]
Business Insider hires Cuccinello from Forbes to be be senior wealth reporter
Forbes wealth reporter Hayley Cuccinello is leaving to become a senior wealth reporter at Business Insider. Her last day at Forbes was Thursday. She will start at Business Insider on Dec. 21. Cuccinello has been at Forbes since September 2015, starting out as a media and entertainment coordinator. She has been a wealth reporter since March 2019. […]
Washington Post names Lee its Tokyo bureau chief
Washington Post foreign editor Douglas Jehl, deputy foreign editor Eva Rodriguez and editor for Russia, Japan and the Koreas Brian Murphy sent out the following announcement on Friday: We’re very happy to announce that Michelle Ye Hee Lee will become our next Tokyo bureau chief, beginning next summer. The assignment carries responsibility for the Koreas […]
Hogan named Americas editor for The Economist
Emma Hogan has been named Americas editor for The Economist. She will start her new position in early 2021. Hogan is deputy briefings editor, working on long-form articles across the publication. Previously, she was South-East Asia correspondent, Deputy Europe Editor and Britain correspondent. As a reporter, she has travelled to nearly two dozen countries writing […]
Garrison moves to Mexico City bureau for Reuters
Cassandra Garrison, a reporter for Reuters in its Buenos Aires bureau, has moved to its Mexico City bureau. She will be covering climate change, billionaire Carlos Slim, telecoms and technology. Garrison joined Reuters in 2014 in New York as head of social media. She covered major stories including the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the annual World […]
WSJ business columnist Stoll departs
John D. Stoll, The Wall Street Journal’s business columnist, has left the newspaper after 13 years. His column ran on Saturday in the paper’s Exchange section. His On Business column explores the biggest issues facing corporations and the people who run them, regulate them, supply them, buy from them or work for them. Previously he […]
Bloomberg moves Dillard to Congress team
Bloomberg News reporter Jarrell Dillard is moving to cover Congress, with a focus on Democrats. He previously has been on the economics team, and before that, he was on the breaking news team. Dillard previously interned at 13NewsNow, a broadcast news station in Norfolk, Virginia. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Hampton University and a master’s degree […]
