Editor and Publisher hires media veteran Conti as general manager
Editor and Publisher has named Peter Conti the new general manager for its magazine and various digital platforms. Conti said: “I am excited to join the E&P family. Mike Blinder and I have been friends for many years and his revitalization of the publication along with a new website, the new interactive DataBook and daily […]
Business Insider hires Lee to cover cannabis/psychedlics
Business Insider has hired Yeji Jessie Lee to cover cannabis and psychedelics on a full-time basis. She previously was an editorial fellow at Business Insider covering the same beat. Lee spent the summer as a contract reporter for The [Toronto] Globe and Mail’s Report on Business vertical, writing features and breaking news stories on the […]
Reuters hires Kanu to write column about justice and equality
Reuters has hired Bloomberg BNA legal editor Hassan Kanu to write a column about justice and equality under the law. Kanu has been at Bloomberg BNA since June 2014. He has covered and analyzed court opinions and legal developments related to public employee issues for Daily Labor Report, Bloomberg BNA’s flagship daily covering current labor and employment […]
Bloomberg wealth reporter Metcalf becomes UK banks team leader
Tom Metcalf, who has covered wealth for Bloomberg News for the past eight years, has been named team leader for coverage of British banks. Metcalf has been with Bloomberg since June 2012 in London, San Francisco and New York. He has reported on billionaires, financial crime and wealth. He is a former accountant with Deloitte […]
Farnsworth leaving Wired for Google
Meghann Farnsworth, director of social media at Wired, is leaving the publication to join the communications team at Google. “I will miss this wonderful Wired team and am so incredibly proud of the work we did together,” she wrote on Twitter. Fransworth was previously engagement editor at Recode. Before joining Recode, she was the managing […]
Burr named Washington producer of “News Nation”
Thomas Burr has been appointed Washington producer of “News Nation,” a new nightly newscast airing on WGN America, reports Politico. Burr joins from the Salt Lake Tribune where he worked for more than 18 years, starting as a reporter. He also held the post of Washington bureau chief at the Tribune. Burr was also president […]
NY Times taps Stewart as deputy editor for narrative projects
Dodai Stewart will be joining special projects as the deputy editor for narrative projects at The New York Times. Stewart previously worked as deputy editor on the metro desk at the publication. Before joining the Times, Stewart worked freelance. Prior to that, she was with Fusion Media Network for more than three years, joining as […]
Reuters Legal hires Godoy as legal reporter
Jody Godoy will be joining Reuters Legal this week as its new legal reporter covering the securities and banking beat. Previously, Godoy was with Law360 for more than five years, joining as reporter covering securities law, bankruptcies and related topics. She also covered data privacy, consumer protection, product liability and insurance law. Later on, she […]
Reuters taps Irrera as chief correspondent for fintech
Anna Irrera is the new chief correspondent for fintech at Reuters and has moved to the London office from the New York office. Irrera has been with Reuters for more than three years, joining as a fintech correspondent covering the financial technology sector and technology related developments at some of the world’s largest financial institutions. […]
Beeke appointed publisher of the Portland Business Journal
Candace Beeke has been named publisher and market president of the Portland Business Journal, effective Sept. 8. She has held the post of publisher at Albuquerque Business First since 2015. She will replace Craig Wessel, who has led the Portland publication for 20 years. She was also editor-in-chief of Houston Business Journal and served as […]
