FT’s Sardana joins Business Insider as markets reporter
Saloni Sardana, former features writer at the Financial Times, has joined Business Insider as the company’s new markets reporter. Before joining the FT where she covered pensions, insurance, regulation, investments and mortgage features, Sardana was a private banker international reporter for Verdict. There, she wrote breaking news stories and pitched ideas among other tasks. Sardana […]
Coombes departs NerdWallet to become personal finance coach
Personal finance journalist Andrea Coombes has left NerdWallet to become a personal finance coach. Coombes is now working one-on-one with consumers at the SF LGBT Center to help them reach their money goals. She had joined NerdWallet in 2017 and covered investing and retirement. Before that, Coombes had spent a decade at MarketWatch.com, including two […]
CNBC names Slaman its San Francisco bureau chief
CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso and managing editor Lacy O’Toole sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: We’re happy to announce Katie Slaman is moving to become CNBC’s San Francisco bureau chief. As technology companies and the cultures around them become an even bigger part of the global markets, Katie is the ideal person […]
Brennan joins Politico to cover the FDA/pharma industry
Zachary Brennan has joined Politico to cover FDA regulations as part of the company’s expanded coverage of pharma policy. Brennan will be enhancing Politico’s pharma coverage during the ongoing pandemic and will also be acting as an expert contributor to Politico’s Agency IQ platform. His new role begins this week. Currently, he holds the post […]
WSJ names new product and news strategy leaders
Wall Street Journal chief news strategist Louise Story sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: A Note From Louise Story: Hi Everyone, I’m excited to welcome an amazing line-up of new product and news strategy leaders for The Wall Street Journal. They join at a time of urgent journalism and urgent innovation. We are seeing […]
Bloomberg Law’s Merken joins Reuters as legal reporter
Sara Merken has joined Reuters as a legal reporter covering privacy and data security. Her new role begins April 13. Recently, Merken was with Bloomberg Law working as a privacy and data security reporter where she pitched, reported and wrote daily and feature articles for the organization. Before that, she was with Bloomberg BNA as […]
Bolton of Fox Business joins ABC News
ABC News President James Goldston sent the following note to the news division: Team— I am pleased to welcome Deirdre Bolton to ABC News as a business correspondent based in New York. Deirdre will join our stellar and tireless Business Unit and Chief Business, Economics and Technology Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis as they continue to cover […]
GeekWire cuts five staff amid pandemic
Tech news site GeekWire announced Friday that it was cutting five staffers because of the coronavirus pandemic. Co-founder and editor Todd Bishop writes, “We’ve made the difficult decision to lay off or furlough five of our colleagues, representing about 30 percent of GeekWire’s 16-person team, primarily in our business and sales departments. They include longtime […]
Business Insider hires Dawson as senior editor for retail
Business Insider has hired Gloria Dawson to be a senior editor overseeing its retail coverage. She started this week. Dawson previously was a senior editor at Nation’s Restaurant News, where she wrote and edited breaking news and feature stories. She also worked for sister publications Restaurant Hospitality and Supermarket News. She has also been a […]
Bloomberg News hires Elkin as a reporter
Bloomberg News has hired Elizabeth Elkin as a reporter. She will start full-time next month. Elkin has been interning for the news organization in its Washington bureau as a breaking news reporter. She also interned last year for Bloomberg Government. Elkin was previously managing editor and editor in chief of Vox Magazine while she was […]
