O’Kelley of Bloomberg News named academic affairs dean at Columbia
Winnie O’Kelley, who has overseen prize-winning investigative reporting in business and economics and who serves as an executive editor of Bloomberg News, will become the next Dean of Academic Affairs at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She will start on Jan. 1. O’Kelley joined the full-time faculty two years ago, running the business […]
Idaho Business Review editor Burgess is departing
Kim Burgess, the editor of the Idaho Business Review, is leaving the Bridgetower Media publication. Burgess is leaving on Oct. 14 and joining a company called BeMyApp and doing communications. She will remain based in Boise. Managing editor Sharon Fisher will serve as interim editor until the paper hires a new editor. Burgess joined the […]
Turner promoted to co-EIC of Business Insider
Matt Turner has been named editor in chief of Business Insider, joining Alyson Shontell in that position. They will oversee different parts of the operation as Business Insider plans to nearly double the size of its newsroom in a year. Shontell sent out the following announcement: All, Over the past two years, I’ve had the […]
VerHage named COO, co-founder of Fintech Today
Fintech Today has named business journalist Julie VerHage its chief operating officer and co-founder. She was hired in March to run FTT+, a weekly premium newsletter under Fintech Today. VerHage had previously worked at Bloomberg covering the intersection of finance and technology. VerHage said that FinTech Today will be expanding its newsletter base and plans to […]
Shick switches from Bloomberg Opinion to Businessweek
After more than nine years as editor at Bloomberg Opinion, Stacey Shick has joined the editing team at Bloomberg Businessweek. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Shick was an editorial producer at MLB.com. She also worked as a staff editor at The New York Times where she copy-edited articles, focusing on accuracy, style, grammar and resolving unanswered […]
Spectrum hires Shipp as part of expanding coverage
Brett Shipp has joined Spectrum as it expands its hyperlocal TV news coverage to North Texas. He is the owner and principal of Brett Shipp Media, LLC, which investigates, advocates and communicates media strategy and crisis communication. He was also an investigative reporter at WFAA and KDFW-TV Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. At WFAA, Shipp won […]
R Street Institute appoints Rossetti as senior fellow on energy and environmental
The R Street Institute has added Philip Rossetti as a senior fellow on the energy and environmental team, reports Politico. Previously, Rossetti was a fellow at the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. He also worked at the American Action Forum for more than 5 years, joining as an energy policy research intern. Later […]
Rest of World hires Matsakis from Wired
Rest of World has hired Wired magazine staff writer Louise Matsakis as a senior editor covering technology. Rest of World is a nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble. Matsakis had been covering Amazon and TikTok. She writes predominantly about technology and the internet. She’s mostly interested in major tech companies such as Apple […]
Fortune’s Lashinsky to be EIC of World 50
Fortune magazine executive editor Adam Lashinsky writes Monday about what his plans are as he leaves the magazine after 19 years. His last day will be Oct. 14. Lashinsky writes, “For starters, I am becoming editor in chief of World 50, an organization that builds private peer communities for CEOs and other top executives at leading global […]
Adweek hires Kaplan as story desk editor
David Kaplan is returning back to Adweek as a story desk editor. Kaplan first joined the company in 2001 as a media reporter and left in 2004. His new role starts Oct. 12. Kaplan is also the founding editor of Kambr Media Group (KMG), which is the content arm of Kamb, Inc. and publisher of “kambr.media”, […]
