WSJ names Muñoz deputy world coverage chief
Wall Street Journal world coverage chief Gordon Fairclough sent out the following announcement on Monday: I am excited to share the news that Sara Schaefer Muñoz is joining the World team as Deputy World Coverage Chief based in New York. She will report to me and work closely with Deb Ball in London and Brendan Moran in […]
CNBC editorial adds two new hires
Melodie Warner is joining CNBC as a news editor. There, she will help manage the CNBC website. Previously, Warner was with Bloomberg News, where she covered corporate and general breaking news from regulatory filings, press releases and social media posts. Her new role begins late February. Before that, Melodie spent 17 years at Dow Jones, […]
Rooney promoted to newly created Forbes role of communities director
Forbes has announced that Jenny Rooney, the architect of Forbes’ CMO Network, has been promoted to the role of communities director. Her new role will have her overseeing all of Forbes’ editorial communities focused on the C-suite and aspiring entrepreneurial networks. Rooney will also take on the post of chair of Forbes’ CMO Network, overseeing […]
Epstein leaving Washington Post for Business Insider
Kayla Epstein, former general assignments reporter for The Washington Post, has left the publication to join Business Insider as the organization’s new politics reporter. Her new role begins Monday, based in Washington. She started her career at The Post in 2016 as an audience editor for the National desk. Before that, she was a social […]
Bloomberg ETF reporter Evans to become ME of FX/rates coverage
Rachel Evans, a reporter covering exchange traded funds at Bloomberg News, is becoming managing editor of its global foreign exchange and rates team. She will start her new job on Feb. 18. Evans has been at Bloomberg since September 2011. Before covering ETFs, she covered structured finance and securitization for the corporate finance team, writing […]
Pellejero leaving Debtwire for WSJ
Sebastian Pellejero, a reporter at Debtwire covering high yield capital markets with a focus on leveraged loans, will be leaving the company to join The Wall Street Journal. There, he will take on the post of markets reporter. His new role will begin at the end of February. Previously, he was a reporter at Bloomberg. […]
Editor-in-chief Whitaker-Moore leaving Acuris Global
Aja Whitaker-Moore, global editor-in-chief of fixed income at Acuris Global, is leaving the organization. “I couldn’t be prouder of the newsroom where I have spent most of my professional life,” she wrote on LinkedIn. She has been in that position for a year. Before that, she was serving as deputy editor-in-chief at Debtwire. Initially, she […]
Williams to cover US trade beat at FT
Aime Williams, a Washington correspondent at the Financial Times, will be taking over the United States trade beat at the newspaper. She will be working alongside James Politi to cover the increasing impact of trade news. Initially, she started as a reporter covering property and investment for the Financial Times in London. She has also […]
WSJ VC reporter Mack set to depart
Heather Mack, a reporter covering venture capital and startups operating in biotech, food, health, cannabis and agriculture at the Wall Street Journal and WSJ Venture Capital, will be leaving the organization. Previously, Mack was an associate editor at MobihealthNews and also served as a contributing writer at Grist. She has also served as an editorial […]
FT correspondent set to join hedge fund
Lindsay Fortado, a reporter at the Financial Times where she covers global hedge funds and shareholder activism, is leaving the newspaper. She is joining Point72, which is an American hedge fund. There, she will be taking on the post of senior writer. Fortado graduated from New York University with a degree in journalism.
