Bochove named Toronto bureau chief for Bloomberg News
Danielle Bochove has been named Toronto bureau chief for Bloomberg News. She has been with Bloomberg since June 2015. Bochove previously worked as a national television and radio anchor for CBC News, and she also hosted a daily business show on Canada’s Business News Network. She also spent seven years with Reuters in Chicago, Tokyo, […]
FT taps Friday as due diligence reporter/producer
Francesca Friday, has been named as due diligence reporter/producer at Financial Times where she’ll help U.S. deals editor James Fontanella-Khan, corporate finance and deals editor Arash Massoudi and reporter Ortenca Aliaj to create FT’s deal-making and finance newsletter. Friday has held several other posts at FT, including reporter at MandateWire, a FT publication, contributor and […]
FT taps Tassell as financial opinion editor
After 13 years on the Financial Times main news desk, Tony Tassell has joined Brooke Masters’ team as financial opinion editor. Tassell has been with the Financial Times since 1996. He held the posts of Lex columnist, investment correspondent, deputy U.K. companies editor, Manila correspondent, and Mumbai correspondent. Later on, he became deputy markets editor […]
Former BuzzFeed media and politics reporter D’Urso starts on new projects
Joey D’Urso, former media and politics reporter at BuzzFeed, has begun a number of projects including as an on-air contributor for Times Radio and writing for Times Red Box and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Prior to joining BuzzFeed, D’Urso was with BBC News for more than 3 years. There, he held […]
Biz journalist Madowo joins BBC World as U.S. correspondent
Larry Madowo has joined BBC World as U.S. correspondent. He wrote, “Some personal news. A year after I took a career break, I’m back to reporting. I’m doing a new thing as a US correspondent, covering this pivotal moment in America for the BBC News and BBC World Service. My first story, from inside a […]
Ex-BuzzFeed political correspondent Ashton to join Bloomberg
Former senior correspondent at BuzzFeed News Emily Ashton will be joining Bloomberg News covering British politics. Her new role begins in August. Ashton said on Twitter, “So excited to be part of this stellar lobby team.” Previously, Ashton was chair of the Parliamentary lobby at House of Commons. She has also served as a Whitehall […]
Consumer Reports editor Salvatore departs; Kunes named editorial director of print
Diane Salvatore, editor in chief of Consumer Reports magazine for the past six years, has left the publication, a spokeswoman confirmed to Talking Biz News. She has been editor in chief since May 2015. Consumer Reports provided the following statement: We are changing the leadership structure of our print publications to continue Consumer Reports’ transformation […]
NCR announces promotion of two journalists
The National Catholic Reporter has appointed Bill Mitchell as its publisher and Barbara Fraser as its climate editor. In his new role, Mitchell will oversee editorial-related matters and advertising, circulation and marketing and will be reporting to Tom Fox, CEO and president. Jim Purcell, NCR board chair said, “NCR’s Board of Directors congratulates Bill Mitchell […]
Washington Post taps Thompson as ME for diversity and inclusion
The Washington Post has named Krissah Thompson as managing editor for diversity and inclusion. In her new role, Thompson will be responsible for ensuring significant, consistent progress on diversity and inclusiveness in every activity, and will also oversee coverage of race, ethnicity and identity as well as improved recruitment, retention and career advancement for journalists […]
Stockman to join editorial board at New York Times
Farah Stockman will be joining the New York Times opinion department as a writer covering foreign policy and national affairs as a member of the editorial board. For the past four years, Stockman was in the paper’s newsroom writing stories about race and class and middle America. Stockman begins in August. Stockman began her career […]
