MarketWatch names Vardi of Forbes its ME of enterprise
MarketWatch.com head of content Jeremy Olshan sent out the following announcement: I am thrilled to announce that Nathan Vardi is joining MarketWatch as Managing Editor for enterprise. Nathan is a fantastic journalist and deft editor, with a keen eye for finding the big money stories. In his two-plus decades at Forbes, most recently as senior editor, […]
Barron’s Group promotes Olshan, Chopra and Dousie
Mae Cheng, senior vice president at Barron’s Group, sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Colleagues, We’re delighted to announce a series of Barron’s Group promotions which will further strengthen our senior leadership ranks, our focus and momentum in FY22. Jeremy Olshan, our MarketWatch editor in chief, has been promoted to the role of Barron’s […]
MarketWatch hires crypto and cannabis/banking reporter
MarketWatch.com has hired Frances Yue to cover cryptocurrencies and Steve Gelsi to cover cannabis and banking. Yue most recently has been at CoinDesk. She also worked at Reog as a high-yield bond reporter, focusing on the Chinese market. She previously interned at USA Today and worked at The Wall Street Journal China as a social media editor. […]
Dow Jones reopening offices next month for employees on voluntary basis
Dow Jones & Co. CEO Almar Latour and interim people advisor Meredith Lubitz sent out the following to the staff on Wednesday: Colleagues, Beginning Monday, September 13, we will be opening our U.S. offices for more employees who are interested in returning on a voluntary basis. Many of you have shared that you would like […]
MarketWatch.com hires Binckes as senior news editor
MarketWatch.com has hired Jeremy Binckes as a senior news editor. Binckes has been at MarketWatch parent News Corp. for the past two years working on an editorial project. He has implemented a newly developed content management system, and trained leadership and new editors on the system. He previously was at Salon for two years, originally hired as […]
MarketWatch.com seeks an enterprise editor
MarketWatch.com has an opening for an Enterprise Editor. The job is twofold: 1. Lead a small team of in-depth and investigative reporters on medium and longer-term projects. 2. Coordinate features and enterprise stories/strategy across entire newsroom. MarketWatch is looking for someone with great reporting/and long-form editing chops, who loves working with both young and veteran […]
Passy is joining MarketWatch to cover trending money stories
MarketWatch.com has hired Charles Passy to cover trending money stories. “It’s a great website that stays on top of financial news, but is eager to look at anything and everything in the world with a curious eye,” he wrote on Twitter. “In other words, the perfect place for my next chapter.” Passy has been with Dow Jones […]
MarketWatch hires Wiles as trending money reporter
Katherine Wiles has joined MarketWatch as a trending money reporter. Most recently, she was an assistant producer for digital at “Marketplace,” having joined in 2019 as a digital intern. She then held the post of digital production assistant. Wiles was also global city editor and then a radio host at USC Annenberg Media. She also […]
MarketWatch taps Bloomberg’s Chen to cover rates and currencies
Vivien Lou Chen, a veteran Bloomberg reporter, has left to join MarketWatch in San Francisco, covering rates and currencies, the same beat she was covering at Bloomberg. Chen had been with Bloomberg for over 22 years. Chen also reported for Daily Journal Corp., Los Angeles Times and Des Moines Register. She has also interned at […]
Dow Jones union staffers to get small raise
The negotiated compensatory raise for eligible union-represented Dow Jones employees has been increased by a quarter-percent to 2.75%. Under the terms of Article IV of the collective agreement between IAPE and Dow Jones, whenever the “standard merit increase guidance for non-IAPE corporate staff” exceeds the raise negotiated by IAPE and Dow Jones, that negotiated percentage […]
