CNBC’s Bagchee joins Economist Group as chief product officer
The Economist Group has named Deep Bagchee of CNBC as chief product officer. In his new role, Bagchee will be overseeing product management for all digital offerings across The Economist Group’s businesses, including The Economist and the Economist Intelligence Unit. He will also lead the product, analytics and customer experience teams that will provide objective […]
Beat switch for E&E reporter Hiar
Corbin Hiar, an energy and environment reporter for E&E News, will be joining the company’s Climatewire publication where he will be covering how businesses are and are not responding to climate change. Hiar won the National Press Club analytical reporting award as “sole author of a series on the dangers that lax regulation of oil […]
Ottawa Biz Journal journalist Lord departs for Global Ottawa
Craig Lord, who was first a reporter and then an editor with the Ottawa Business Journal, has left the publication to join Global Ottawa where he will be covering Ottawa’s City Hall and local news. Before coming to the Journal, Lord was with Techopia which he joined in 2015 as a web editor. He was […]
Layoffs hit Plain Dealer business desk
Layoffs at the Cleveland Plain Dealer have affected the paper’s business news desk, reports Sam Allard of the Cleveland Scene. Allard reports that the business news desk has lost the following staffers: Jordyn Grzelewski, recently named one of the state’s best business writers by the Associated Press Media Editors, who wrote the obituary for her former […]
Tennessean hires Stephenson as biz reporter
Cassandra Stephenson, a breaking news and justice reporter at The Jackson Sun, has left the publication to join the Tennessean as a business reporter. During her time at The Jackson Sun, Stephenson produced daily print and online coverage of breaking news, crime and courts in 13 countries in West Tennessee. She also wrote in-depth investigative […]
Quartz hires Ho as global finance and economics reporter
Quartz editor in chief Katherine Bell sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Karen Ho is joining our newsroom on Monday, April 6, as a global finance and economics reporter. As a freelance business and culture reporter for the past several years, Karen has reported for outlets including FiveThirtyEight, TIME (she wrote the cover story […]
Recht of Bloomberg joins Kaiser Health News
Hannah Recht, a data journalist at Bloomberg News, has joined Kaiser Health News in the same role. “I’m beyond excited to cover health care full time, now more than ever,” she wrote on Twitter. At Bloomberg, her work focused heavily on health care, equality and public policy. These stories included a range of topics, methodology, […]
Business Insider hires Crain’s Geiger to cover real estate
Dan Geiger, a senior reporter at Crain’s New York Business, will be leaving the organization to join Business Insider covering real estate. His new role begins Monday, April 6. As a senior reporter, Geiger reported and wrote feature articles for the publication in print and online. He also produced breaking news for the company’s website. […]
Bridge Magazine hires Gardner to cover business
Paula Gardner has joined Bridge Magazine as a reporter covering Michigan business. Recently, she was a statewide business reporter at MLive.com where she covered business stories around Southeast Michigan. Before that, she served as an editor of The Ann Arbor News, which generated the most audience traffic on all of MLive in 2015. Gardner was […]
Engel leaves Insider/Business Insider for NBC News
Insider executive editor Pamela Engel has left the company to become lead breaking news editor for NBC News. Engel joined Business Insider seven years ago. As Insider executive editor, she oversaw its global news teams. She previously was politics editor and also the deputy editor overseeing politics and military/defense coverage. Engel was also a senior […]
