Back to take over WSJ’s “Heard on the Street”
Aaron Back is becoming the head of The Wall Street Journal’s “Heard on the Street” column. He has been deputy head since 2019. Current head Spencer Jakab is becoming an investing columnist for The Journal. Back previously was a Heard columnist in the United States and in Asia. He has also been deputy bureau chief — supervising a […]
WSJ names Jakab its investing columnist
The Wall Street Journal has named Spencer Jakab its investing columnist. Its Markets A.M. newsletter is being revamped and will feature analysis by Jakab. Jakab has been editor of the Journal’s “Heard on the Street” since 2019 and deputy editor of Heard since 2015. He wrote the “Ahead of the Tape” column for years before that. In […]
Quartz hires Fellman as markets and finance editor
Quartz editor in chief Dan Hirschhorn sent out the following on Monday: Team Quartz, We are delighted to announce that Josh Fellman, a deeply experienced business journalist, is joining the newsroom as Staff Editor, Markets & Finance. In this new role, Josh will lead all our coverage in the Money & Markets channel, work that will include assigning, […]
CNBC saw huge increase in viewers on Monday
CNBC reported a big increase in viewers in Monday after the news about DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence tool broke, causing a decline in Nvidia shares and the overall NASDAQ market. The business news channel saw an 18 percent increase in total viewers and a 26 percent increase in viewers in the key 25- to 54-year-old age […]
MarketWatch.com reporter Lang moves to WSJ
MarketWatch.com reporter Hannah Lang has moved to The Wall Street Journal to cover retail investing and brokerages. She had been covering work and career and writing a regular column on those topics, reporting on the website’s personal finance desk since joining the newsroom in 2023. Lang previously was at The Charlotte Observer covering banking and finance before leaving in […]
Reuters seeks a China markets correspondent
Reuters is looking for a strong journalist with great sources and ideas to cover China’s vast forex, bond and stock markets. The role sits within the Shanghai markets team and the Asia breaking news team that handles the daily news file, from snaps to market reports, as well as stories aimed at media customers and […]
Bloomberg seeks a Mexico markets reporter
Bloomberg News is looking for a reporter to cover emerging markets out of Mexico City. The successful candidate will be a dogged journalist with strong source building skills who is passionate about breaking news and writing market-moving stories and smart analysis that connects the dots for our audience. Our reporters are team players who can […]
Barron’s seeks a managing editor
Barron’s is seeking an experienced manager to head up a new initiative within the newsroom on investing and stock picks. This person should have more than seven years of experience as a manager and be a seasoned story editor and clear communicator. We are also seeking someone with entrepreneurial instincts who can drive forward a […]
Bloomberg seeks a stocks reporter in Tokyo
Bloomberg News is one of the biggest financial and business news organizations in the world. We lead the way in breaking news and providing analysis on financial markets, from daily coverage through to in-depth features. We are known for our quality, accuracy and ability to deliver news investors can use. It’s what keeps us inventing […]
TheStreet.com hires O’Brient as tech markets reporter
TheStreet.com has hired Samuel O’Brient as a tech markets reporter. He has spent the last three years as a reporter for InvestorPlace.com. O’Brient also worked as a political reporter for Curiosity Shots and as an economic policy analyst for US Resist News. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a master’s degree from Trinity […]
