Bloomberg hires Hawkins to cover the bond market

Bloomberg News has hired Mackenzie Hawkins to cover the bond market on the municipal finance team. She is a recent graduate of Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in ethics, politics and economics. Hawkins was was editor in chief and president of the Yale Daily News. She also interned for Bloomberg in Washington covering Congress in 2021. […]

Yahoo Finance’s Sozzi: An astounding 350 million page views since 2019

Jared Blikre of Yahoo Finance writes about how anchor and editor at large Brian Sozzi has hit 350 million page views since 2019. Blikre writes, “Brian Sozzi rode into Yahoo Finance at the beginning of 2019 as a man on a mission — to help investors understand the complexities of the markets while interviewing the world’s top executives, […]

WSJ’s Jakab on making the switch from Wall Street to business journalism

Wall Street Journal staffer Spencer Jakab, who edits the “Heard on the Street” column, spoke with “The World According to Boyar” podcast host Jonathan Boyer about his career and his new book. Here is an excerpt: Jakab: I spent almost a decade as, first, a country analyst, and then I became head of equity research actually for […]

Insider hires Streaks as senior investing reporter

Insider has hired Jennifer Streaks to be a senior investing reporter. She has been at TheStreet.com as a correspondent and columnist. covering money and business news for consumers and investors. Streaks previously was a contributor to Forbes.com, where she wrote about personal finance, business, tech and money matters related to the economy, investing, credit, retail, lifestyle and entrepreneurship. […]

Bloomberg hires Harden as a markets editor

Bloomberg News has hired Brandon T. Harden as a markets editor. Harden has been senior leadership editor at Business Insider. The leadership team covers the lives of C-level executives, those in their orbit, and the leadership experience. Before Insider, Harden was an arts and culture reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Harden is a graduate of the University […]

NY Times hires Rennison to cover markets and trading

New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following on Thursday: We’re delighted to announce that Joe Rennison will be joining The Times to cover financial markets and trading, a beat that ranges from chronicling the vagaries of the stock market to explaining the often-inscrutable trading decisions of Wall Street insiders. Joe comes […]

Yahoo Finance reporter McCormick departs for MBA

Emily McCormick, a senior reporter at Yahoo Finance, has left the news organization to pursue an MBA. She had been at Yahoo Finance for nearly four years, primarily covering markets. McCormick previously interned at Bloomberg News. She is a graduate of UCLA in communication and media studies. While in school, she was digital managing editor […]

“Mad Money with Jim Cramer” moving to NYSE

CNBC announced Wednesday that “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” will move to the New York Stock Exchange this summer. The first show at the NYSE will be July 18. The new set, being built exclusively for “Mad Money,” will incorporate the architectural elements of the NYSE. Situated on the trading floor next to the bell […]

CNBC.com hires Min, Vanian, promotes Grant to deputy personal finance editor

Jeff McCracken, CNBC.com managing editor, sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: I want to let everyone know about two new hires and an internal move in the CNBC.com newsroom. First, I am happy to announce we have hired Sarah Min as an investing reporter to join the ever-growing CNBC Pro team. She […]

Dulaney returns to WSJ as markets reporter in London

The Wall Street Journal has hired Chelsey Dulaney as a markets reporter in London. She has been a freelancer for Deutsche Welle in Berlin for the past three years and before that spent a year in Bergman as a Fulbright Fellow. Dulaney previously worked at The Journal on the currencies beat and as part of […]