Washington Biz Journal publisher Abrahams resigns

Peter Abrahams, market president and publisher of the Washington Business Journal since November 2018, will be departing this summer to pursue a new opportunity, reports Vandana Sinha of the Business journal. Sinha reports, “He said he can’t give more specifics yet of the new move, but he added that it will take him back and forth from […]

Business Insider hires Newsham to cover law

Jack Newsham has joined Business Insider as its new senior legal industry reporter covering Big Law and other businesses in the legal industry. Previously, Newsham was a reporter at ALM Media LLC where he covered the legal industry in New York writing about law firm management and finance among other things. He was also with […]

Silver hired as Puget Sound Biz Journal managing editor

Jon Silver has been hired as the Puget Sound Business Journal managing editor. He previously has been the managing editor of the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce for the past 15 months. Silver joined the Daily Journal of Commerce in 2000 after working at The Reader newsweekly in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a graduate of the […]

Business Insider hires Sfondeles as politics correspondent

Tina Sfondeles will be joining the Business Insider D.C. bureau as a politics correspondent covering the Joe Biden campaign. Previously, Sfondeles has been with the Chicago Sun-Times for more than 12 years, joining the company as a transportation/breaking news reporter. She then held the post of general assignment reporter/political reporter and most recently holds the […]

Reuters appoints bureau chiefs, editors in Asia

Reuters has appointed key editorial roles in bureaus across Asia on Monday: –Visuals journalist Angie Teo will lead our coverage from Indonesia, covering the world’s fourth most populous country and one that spans a distance wider than the continental United States. Teo joined Reuters in 2010 as a contractor, reporting on palm oil pricing in […]

Forbes hires Haverstock for money & markets team

Forbes has hired Eliza Haverstock to be an assistant editor on its money and markets team. She started this week. Haverstock was a financial writer covering venture capital, startups, and private equity for PitchBook in Seattle. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia where she majored in history and economics. Previously, Haverstock worked as a […]

Goldberg named business reporter at The Oregonian

Jamie Goldberg, who has been with The Oregonian for seven years working as a sports reporter, has permanently become a business reporter. Goldberg has also served as assistant editor and reporter at Mission Local, assigning and editing stories, managing the website and social media accounts and producing print or multimedia pieces weekly among other tasks. […]

Javed shifts from WSJ Brief to WSJ Noted

Ayesha Javed, an editor at WSJ Brief, which provides readers with concise content on business, markets, finance and current affairs, will be joining WSJ Noted, a digital news and culture magazine targeted for readers under 35. Prior to joining the Journal, Javed was working as a senior business reporter at The Telegraph. She has also […]

Rowan joins Forbes Advisor as staff writer

Forbes Advisor has hired Lisa Rowan as a staff writer covering banking and personal finance. Rowan brings 10 years of reporting experience along with more than five years’ experience working as a marketing and communications consultant to the organization. Her bylines include Retail Dive, Racked (now Vox’s The Goods), The Washington Post and CityLab (The […]

PIRG hires personal finance columnist Murray

Teresa Dixon Murray, who had been writing the “Money Matters” column for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, has been hired to be the new director of the Consumer Watchdog program for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a non-profit based in Washington D.C. “The position should be a lot fun and it scratches my consumer-advocacy […]