Sacks promoted to editor of Marker, Medium’s biz magazine
Business journalist Danielle Sacks has been promoted to editor in chief of Marker, the business magazine from Medium. She joined the publication in July 2019 as executive editor. Marker launched eight months ago. “My commitment to our growing readership is that we will always challenge you—with surprising ideas, with thoughtful analysis, with riveting narratives,” she […]
Latour named CEO of Dow Jones, publisher of WSJ
News Corp. announced Monday the appointment of Almar Latour as the new chief executive officer of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Latour, who is currently publisher for Barron’s Group and executive vice president at Dow Jones, will assume the post with the departure of William Lewis, effective May 15. The Barron’s […]
Texas biz reporter Self-Walbrick leaves for radio station
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal business reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick is leaving the paper to become a reporter for Texas Tech Public Media. She writes, “This past week was my last at the A-J, ending my three-year tenure at the newspaper. I could not have asked for a better job, or a better newsroom, to begin my career. “I […]
Crow to cover the pandemic for Financial Times
Financial Times banking editor David Crow has switched beats and will now be working as a U.S. coronavirus correspondent for the organization. Stephen Morris has taken over the banking team. Prior to working as a banking editor at FT, Crow was first an assistant news editor and then served as the senior U.S. business correspondent […]
FT’s Money-Media hires reporter Garfinkle
P&C Specialist, part of Money-Media, a Financial Times operation, has hired Alexandra Garfinkle as a reporter. She starts on Monday. Garfinkle was most recently a reporter at The Deal, part of Euromoney Institutional Investor, where she covered consumer goods, retail and REITS. She had been there since June 2018. Garfinkle previously worked at Forbes on […]
Deputy editorial director Manley departs Bloomberg Environment
Mary Ann Manley, the deputy editorial director at Bloomberg Environment, is leaving the company after almost 22 years. On LinkedIn, Manley wrote, “I had the luxury of engaging in challenging and meaningful work that I loved, surrounded and supported by the best, smartest, funniest, most amazing people in the business.” Manley was previously managing editor […]
Reynolds Center’s Leckey to retire
Andrew Leckey, the president of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University, is retiring. Rian Bosse of the Reynolds Center writes, “Leckey has led efforts to improve the quality of business and economic reporting around the world while also teaching and mentoring hundreds of Cronkite students. “His students have […]
Deputy money editor Pinsker departing Reuters
Reuters deputy money editor Beth Pinsker is leaving the news organization for a job at Fidelity. Her last day at Reuters is Friday. She starts at Fidelity on Monday, and her title will be director, editorial services working on the Viewpoints team. Pinsker, who is a certified financial planner, joined Reuters nearly nine years ago. […]
FT reporter DiStefano resigns
Financial Times media and technology reporter Mark Di Stefano, accused earlier this week of logging into a sensitive Zoom meeting of some of its competitors, has resigned. On Twitter, Di Stefano wrote, “This afternoon I offered my resignation. Thank you everyone who has given support. I’m now going to take some time away and log […]
Cheddar editor in chief Roberts is departing
Cheddar editor in chief Jim Roberts announced Friday that he is leaving the news organization. “It has been a privilege to lead a newsroom of so many creative and energetic young journalists, as we worked to make a very different kind of television news,” he wrote on Twitter. Roberts had joined Cheddar in December 2017 […]
