Cho to depart Bloomberg QuickTake for freelance work

Social and audience development editor at Bloomberg Quick Take Kassy Cho is leaving the organization to work as a freelance journalist and audience/social strategist. Cho is an audience development consultant who was previously working as a global news reporter and producer and then an audience development editor at BuzzFeed. She has also served as a […]

WSJ China reporter Dou set to depart

Eva Dou, a China politics and general news reporter at The Wall Street Journal, is leaving the organization. She was primarily covering Chinese society, law, religion, and the environment. She was also reporting on diplomacy trade and Chinese domestic policies. She was associated with the Journal for eight years, initially starting as a Taiwan reporter […]

Sari hired as senior journalist for Forbes Indonesia

Elisa Valenta Sari has joined Forbes Indonesia as a senior journalist covering any kind of business and economy stories. Most recently, she was working as a news editor at LokadataID. Before that, she held the posts of editor and news reporter at Insider Network and CNN Indonesia, respectively. She was mainly covering Indonesia’s economy and […]

Economist hires Holehouse from MLex

Matthew Holehouse, a reporter on the MLex Brexit service, has been hired by The Economist. He will start next month and be based in London. At MLex, he covered the UK side of the negotiations surrounding the UK’s extraction from the European Union, joining a team of journalists in London and Brussels covering the regulatory […]

Thibodeau leaving Detroit Press for Ford PR

Ian Thibodeau, business reporter and automotive reporter at The Detroit Press, is leaving the company to join Ford PR’s communication team. Previously, Thibodeau was an adjunct instructor at the University of Detroit Mercy. Before that, he was a reporter and social media manager at MLive Media Group and also served as a content intern at […]

Business Insider promotes three editors, hires nine new editors

Alyson Shontell, the editor of Business Insider, sent out the following announcement to the staff: Hello, Business Insider newsroom! As you know, we’ve been hiring at a rapid clip. In the past few weeks, we’ve brought on 23 new people, many of whom are reporters. But a great newsroom isn’t run on bylines alone; it […]

Expanded role for BostInno writer Walrath

Rowan Walrath, a staff writer covering start-ups, research, labor and business for BostInno, has added Rhode Island Inno to her working cycle. There, she will cover the same things including start-ups and innovation. She will start at Rhode Island Inno next week. Previously, she was working freelance. Before that, she was a researcher with Wired […]

Baker joins Bloomberg Environment as editor/team leader

Rebecca Baker, managing editor and deputy team leader, IP, tech and privacy news at Bloomberg Law, will be moving on to join Bloomberg Environment as an editor and team leader. There, she will be working with Anna Yukhananov. Before joining Bloomberg, Baker was working as a contributing editor at Newsmavens.com. Before that, she held the […]

Bloomberg names global head of Bloomberg Live

Stephen Colvin, global head of advertising and marketing, sent the following memo to Bloomberg Media employees: All, We are just six weeks into the new year and have made a stellar start in executing our ambitious global growth strategy for Bloomberg Media. Thank you everyone for your contributions. I am thrilled to announce that we […]

Dykes named editor of South Carolina business publications

David Dykes has been named editor of Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly and Charleston Business Magazine. A story on Greenville Business states, “Dykes, a native of Shreveport, La., received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, where he majored in journalism. “He has worked at The Greenville News, Charlotte Observer and newspapers and […]