MarketWatch.com hires Pinsker as investing columnist
MarketWatch.com has hired Beth Pinsker as an investing columnist. She had been the personal finance editor at Buy Side from WSJ, a separate content team from the Journal’s newsroom, before leaving in July. Pinsker was instrumental in launching the section to a successful start. Previously, Pinsker was director, editorial services at Fidelity Investments in Boston. She has […]
MarketWatch.com hires Huggins as a reporter
MarketWatch.com has hired Katherine Huggins as a reporter covering the midterm elections and politics. Huggins has been interning on the money and markets team at Forbes. She previously was a part-time reporter for Mediaite. She holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University. While in school, she worked for the Medill News Service and interned for OpenSecrets. She […]
MarketWatch.com hires Peters as a reporter
MarketWatch has hired Bill Peters, previously a reporter at Investor’s Business Daily. He started on Tuesday. Peters had been with Investor’s Business for seven years, writing breaking news stories and features about the stock market and trends in the broader financial world, covering an array of topics, including the big banks, restaurants, airlines, retail and […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a retail reporter
MarketWatch.com is seeking an enterprising and energetic reporter to cover the retail and consumer beat, from big-box retailers, like Walmart and Target, to food companies and restaurant operators like McDonald’s, Chipotle and Yum! Brands. This is an opportunity to be part of a real-time desk that digs into company earnings reporters in search of news […]
Patel joins MarketWatch to cover hedge funds and short sellers
MarketWatch has tapped Anviksha Patel to serve as a reporter, covering hedge funds and short sellers. Recently, Patel served as acting news editor at Property Week. Before that, she was chief investigative reporter, who covered the U.K. residential property and conducted investigations across the commercial property sector. She also worked as a senior reporter. Patel freelanced […]
WSJ parent reports strong fourth quarter
Dow Jones & Co., the parent of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch.com, reported a 26 percent increase in revenue in the fourth quarter due to circulation and advertising gains. The company, a subsidiary of News Corp., reported revenue of $565 million for the quarter ended June 30, up from $449 million in the […]
MarketWatch.com seeks an investing columnist
MarketWatch seeks a writer with a penchant for sifting through a firehose of data and information to help our audience think through investing strategies and tactics. This writer has an analytic mind, and is at ease, for example, using Excel spreadsheets to isolate companies that might possess the qualities to withstand a surge in inflation […]
MarketWatch.com seeks an investing columnist
MarketWatch seeks a writer with a penchant for sifting through a firehose of data and information to help our audience think through investing strategies and tactics. This writer has an analytic mind, and is at ease, for example, using Excel spreadsheets to isolate companies that might possess the qualities to withstand a surge in inflation […]
MarketWatch.com hires Gizmodo’s Wodinsky to cover tech
Shoshana Wodinsky, a Gizmodo reporter, has been hired by MarketWatch.com to cover tech policy and privacy. She will start next month. Wodinsky has been covering investigations on ad targeting, data mining and consumer privacy. She also worked at Adweek as a tech reporter. Wodinsky also served as editorial intern at NBC News. She also held […]
Berman named deputy enterprise editor at MarketWatch.com
Nathan Vardi, managing editor of enterprise at MarketWatch.com, sent out the following staff announcement: Hi All, I am thrilled to announce that Jillian Berman is being promoted to Deputy Enterprise Editor. Jillian is a quintessential MarketWatch journalist and has distinguished herself with groundbreaking coverage of the nation’s student-loan crisis. In her seven years at MarketWatch, […]
