Smith named editor in chief of Laptop Magazine
Sherri L. Smith has been named editor in chief of Laptop Magazine. She is believed to be the first black woman to be editor of a business or tech magazine. Smith is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Laptop Mag in terms of content and talent development. “It’s a balancing act of managing site budgets, […]
Skift hires Liang-Pholsena as Asia editor
Veteran travel business journalist Xinyi Liang-Pholsena will become Skift’s new Asia editor starting Jan. 28, based in Bangkok, Thailand. A story on its website states, “Liang-Pholsena, who most recently was a top editor at TTG Asia, replaces Raini Hamdi, who is moving to an editor-at-large role for Skift. “‘We can’t thank Raini enough for her […]
Argus names Fleming its senior vice president of news
Neil Fleming has been appointed senior vice president, editorial at Argus. Argus is a global commodity price reporting and news service. Fleming will lead editorial strategy and manage and develop the company’s coverage of commodities markets globally. Fleming brings more than 30 years of experience in energy and commodities markets to the organization. He initially […]
Modern Retail hires Barkho as reporter
Gabriela Barkho has joined Digiday’s Modern Retail as the company’s newest reporter. Previously, Barkho held the post of tech reporter at The Observer. Before that, she was a contributor at Crunchbase News and Vice Motherboard. She is also the founding editor of the online publication, Femsplain. Additionally, she has worked as a freelance reporter and […]
CNBC’s Harwood named White House correspondent at CNN
John Harwood has left his post as editor at large at CNBC to join CNN as a White House correspondent. At CNBC, Harwood was covering Washington for the network and was also the host of the CNBC Digital original video series, “Speakeasy with John Harwood.” He also wrote a weekly column, “Political Memo” for The […]
Crain’s Detroit reporter Frank moves to new beat
Crain’s Detroit Business reporter Annalise Frank is now covering the city of Detroit government and business issues. She previously covered breaking news. She has been at the paper since January 2017. Frank previously worked at the Viet Nam News as a copy editor. She is a Northwestern University graduate.
Vox’s Recode has hired Estes as deputy editor
Tech news site Recode has hired Adam Clark Estes as its deputy editor. He has been at Gizmodo as a senior editor since September 2016. While there, he also blogged and made videos about the future. Estes previously was a news editor at Gizmodo when it was part of Gawker Media. He also was an […]
Bloomberg’s Kapur hired by NBC News
Sahil Kapur will be joining NBC News as a national political reporter later this month. He will be placed on the digital team to cover the 2020 election and Washington. Currently, Kapur holds the post of national political reporter at Bloomberg News. Previously, he was working as a senior congressional reporter at TPM Media LLC. […]
Business Insider hires Lahut as politics reporter
Jake Lahut has been hired by Business Insider as a politics reporter. He currently works as a political reporter at The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire. Previously, Lahut was a breaking news reporter at The Daily Gazette. He also held the posts of breaking news intern and White House intern at Politico. Before that, he […]
KQED News hires Bandlamudi as Silicon Valley reporter
Adhiti Bandlamudi has been hired by KQED News as a Silicon Valley reporter. There, she will be covering tech, along with Sam Harnett and Rachael Myrow. Recently, Bandlamudi was a guns reporter at North Carolina Public Radio. Before that, she was employed at NPR as a Kroc fellow. She also held the posts of a […]
