Forbes hires Solender to cover politics

Andrew Solender has joined Forbes as its new desk reporter covering politics, including the 2020 election. Recently, Solender held the post of editor-in-chief at The Vassar Insider. Before that, he was a political correspondent for Luminary Media. In addition, he has also served as a contributor at Psychology Today and has interned at MSNBC. He […]

New Report for America corps include 16 business reporters

Report for America announced Thursday the selection of 225 journalists for its 2020 reporting corps. The new cohort will be placed with more than 160 local news organizations across 46 states, Washington, D.C.,  and Puerto Rico. The following journalists will be covering business-related topics: Mara Abbott, Buffalo Bulletin, energy production industry in Johnson County. Kate […]

Impact investing site Karma hires two journalists

Impact investing news site Karma has hired Glenn Gamboa as editor and Neanda Salvaterra as a reporter. Gamboa will play a role in shaping Karma’s voice as it reports on news and insights relevant to impact investors around the world. A native of Cleveland, where he got his start as a business reporter, Glenn now […]

Jalopnik names Carroll its new editor-in-chief

Rory Carroll has been appointed the new editor-in-chief at Jalopnik. Previously, he held the post of executive editor at Autoweek. His new role begins in May. Currently, Carroll is the managing director, Eleven55 at Crain Communications. Prior to joining Crain Communications, he was a publisher at Autoweek. In addition, he has also worked as a […]

PEI Media hires Melville as editorial director

PEI Media, publisher of Private Equity International, has hired Rich Melville as editorial director U.S., based on the company’s New York offices. In this new position, Melville will be instrumental in shaping the editorial vision, execution and ways of working for PEI’s publishing portfolio. He will report to group editorial director Philip Borel in London. […]

WSJ names Miller its newsletter and curation editor

Ellie Miller has been named newsletter and curation editor at The Wall Street Journal. Miller will implement newsletter strategy, improve Journal newsletters and launch new ones, and share insights and best practices across the newsroom. She has been writing, editing and curating the WSJ’s flagship email newsletter, “The 10-Point.” Before that, Miller worked for The […]

Three additional staff disclose layoffs at Protocol

Emily Dreyfuss, editorial director at Protocol, is among the 13 staff members laid off by the company. She writes: “To say I’m heartbroken would be an understatement. I joined the company with the plan to build something and stay for a very long time.” Dreyfuss joined Protocol from Wired where she was working as a […]

Newlands to join i newspaper as its biz and money editor

Chris Newlands will be joining i newspaper as its new business and money editor. There, he will be working with Elizabeth Anderson and Alys Key, deputy business editor at the newspaper. Recently, Newlands was editor of Financial News. Before that, he was with the Financial Times which he joined in 2003 as a European pensions […]

Reporter Drange among layoffs at Protocol

Reporter Matt Drange is among the 13 layoffs at technology site Protocol on Tuesday. He joined Protocol from The Information. Drange joined the investigative unit of The Information in March 2018. He recently won the Birger Award from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing as the best business journalist under the age of […]

Mangalindan leaves Protocol as part of layoffs

JP Mangalindan, a contributing editor at Protocol, is among the 13 staffers who were laid off from the tech news publication. He focused on large tech companies and tech culture. Mangalindan had joined Protocol from Yahoo Finance, where covered the intersection of business and technology. He previously worked at Mashable covering the giants of the […]