WSJ seeks a retail investing reporter
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter to cover retail investing in New York. Day trading exploded during the pandemic when people were stuck at home and pocketing extra cash from stimulus checks, while apps like Robinhood made trading easy and fun. These days, investors bet on everything from digital tokens they know have […]
WSJ hires Hur as a markets reporter
The Wall Street Journal has hired Krystal Hur to cover markets. She will start Nov. 4. Hur has been at CNN covering markets. She previously was at CNBC as an associate reporter, writing for “Mad Money” by Jim Cramer, and reporting across the site’s other verticals. Hur joined CNBC from NBC News, where she was a business, tech and media reporting intern. […]
WSJ markets reporter Otani departs
Akane Otani, a markets reporter at The Wall Street Journal, has left the news organization after eight years. She covered the intersection of markets, monetary policy and investing trends for the Journal since 2016. In 2022, she also began covering Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett. Her reporting has spanned some of the most memorable moments […]
Fitzgerald joins equities team at Bloomberg
Bloomberg News reporter Jordan Fitzgerald is now on the equities team as a reporter. She has been in the rotational program for the past year and also interned at Bloomberg. Fitzgerald also interned at Politico and the Toledo Blade. She is a graduate of Yale University.
Bloomberg hires Kerr as a markets editor
Bloomberg News has hired Jaren Kerr as a markets editor. Kerr joined the Financial Times’ New York bureau in 2022, where he contributed to markets coverage, the breaking news desk, and occasionally wrote about Canadian affairs. He was a reporter at The Globe and Mail in Toronto, where he won a National Newspaper Award in […]
Senior reporter Daniel departs Fortune
Will Daniel, a senior reporter at Fortune magazine, has left the publication. He has been with Fortune since March 2022 covering markets and the economy. Daniel previously worked at Markets Insider and has an MS in business journalism from Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He holds an undergraduate degree from […]
Opening Bell signs distribution deal with Bloomberg
Independent financial news outlet Opening Bell Daily has signed a deal with Bloomberg to deliver its content directly to more than 350,000 Bloomberg terminal users. Co-founded by former Business Insider senior reporter Phil Rosen and investor Anthony Pompliano, Opening Bell Daily currently has 215,000 subscribers. The Bloomberg deal significantly expands its footprint, allowing the startup to reach […]
Biz news anchor Erlichman launching YouTube channel
Former BNN Bloomberg anchor Jon Erlichman is launching Tuesday his own YouTube channel called “Ticker Take with Jon Erlichman.” The channel will provide content designed to educate and inform Canadians about financial markets. Global X is the channel’s exclusive investment fund sponsor. “I’m incredibly excited to be teaming up with Global X for this innovative partnership,” […]
Globe & Mail’s Shufelt to report on how economy impacts investments
Globe and Mail business reporter Tim Shulfelt is forming a bridge between the economy and investing teams. He will take on responsibility for covering some of the major economic data releases and helping readers understand what they mean to their lives and portfolios. Shufelt has been a regular contributor to the “Market Forces” column, which puts the […]
FT taps Smith as senior markets correspondent
Ian Smith has been named the senior markets correspondent at the Financial Times, based in London. He was previously insurance correspondent and before that, deputy markets news editor. Ian joined the newspaper’s special reports desk in 2018 from sister title Investors’ Chronicle, where he had served as companies editor. Prior to that job, he held […]
