Hordt named editor of Crain’s New York

Robert Hordt, the deputy editor at Investment News, has been named editor of Crain’s New York Business. He started Monday. His first daily newspaper job was at the Gloucester County Times outside Philadelphia, but most of his career – 23 years – was spent at the Asbury Park Press at the Jersey Shore, first as […]

New beat for Bloomberg reporter Courtney

Federal transportation reporter Shaun Courtney will be switching to a new beat and will now be covering homeland security for Bloomberg Government as a senior reporter. Before joining Bloomberg, Courtney was an investigative reporting intern with The Washington Post. There, she reported and wrote about toy guns and their role in deadly officer-involved shootings. She […]

NY Times hires Koeze as business graphics/multimedia editor

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement to the staff: We are pleased to announce that Ella Koeze will be joining us as a graphics/multimedia editor in the Business section. Ella comes to us from FiveThirtyEight, where for the past few years she has produced some of the site’s sharpest […]

Meltzer, executive editor of Atlanta Biz Chronicle, to depart

Mark Meltzer, the executive editor of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, is leaving the paper after 22 years, including 20 as executive editor. His last day is Friday. He will not be replaced. “It’s been a privilege to work here and I’m thankful for having had the chance to work with so many great people,” he […]

Cannabis Group appoints two new editors and promotes digital editor

Cannabis Group announced two new editorial hires and a promotion of a digital editor for Cannabis Business Times, Cannabis Dispensary, Cannabis Conference and Hemp Grower, its newest publication. Patrick Williams joined as a senior editor for the Cannabis Business Times and Cannabis Dispensary. He joined parent GIE Media in 2017 and served as an associate […]

New beat for WSJ reporter Levy

Rachael Levy, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal since July 2018, will switch to a new beat and will now be covering domestic terrorism for the Journal. She had been covering hedge funds. Previously, Levy was working as a senior reporter and then as a correspondent at Business Insider. Before that, she held the […]

Industry Dive adds seven new journalists

Industry Dive has hired seven new journalists to expand coverage and deepen expertise across its 23 daily publications. These new editors and reporters will bolster Industry Dive’s existing publication portfolio, and help grow new coverage areas like transportation and trucking. They are: Ben Fidler has joined the team as a senior editor for BioPharma Dive. […]

Protocol expands DC and NY bureau with two new hires

Protocol has hired The Hill’s Emily Birnbaum and Entrepreneur’s Hayden Field, who will be reporting from the Washington and New York bureaus respectively. Before joining The Hill as a tech policy reporter, Birnbaum was a news editor at Kenyon Collegian. She also served as a communications intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies […]

Reuters correspondent Balan set to depart

Akshay Balan, a correspondent at the Reuters Bangalore bureau, is leaving the organization to focus on some academic things. Prior to joining Reuters in 2018, Balan was serving as a fellow at Milaap. Before that, he was working as a content intern at Campus Diaries. Balan has a bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism and related […]

Bloomberg tech reporter VerHage is departing

Bloomberg News technology reporter Julie VerHage sent out the following to her contacts on Tuesday: To say this email is difficult to write would be an understatement. I’ve truly enjoyed getting to know each and every one of you immensely over the past three years. In fact, a not so small number of you have become […]