NBC News hires Alcindor as Washington correspondent

NBC News has tapped Yamiche Alcindor as Washington correspondent, based in the Washington bureau. Alcindor is expected to begin in March and may continue to work as the moderator of PBS “Washington Week,” but will not continue her duties at PBS NewsHour, where she served as White House correspondent. She has also contributed to NBC […]

NBC News tech investigations team hires Matsakis

Louise Matsakis has been hired by the NBC News tech investigations team. She will start in January and will cover Amazon and TikTok. She has been at Rest of World as senior editor covering technology. She also worked at Wired this year. Matsakis had been covering Amazon and TikTok. She writes predominantly about technology and the internet. She’s mostly […]

Goggin hired by NBC News as deputy tech editor

NBC News has hired Benjamin Goggin as deputy tech editor. He will start in January. Goggin has been digital culture editor at Insider. Previously, he was a weekend editor. Prior to joining Insider, Goggin was working independently. Before that, he was a culture editor at Inverse and held the posts of associate editor and news editor at […]

NBC News hires Tenbarge to cover tech and culture

NBC News has hired Kat Tenbarge to cover tech and culture. She will start in 2022. She has been is a senior reporter on Insider’s digital culture desk. She serves as an influencer watchdog, technology reporter, and culture writer. Tenbarge was recognized as a 2018 White House Correspondents’ Association Scholar. Her work has previously appeared in Teen Vogue, […]

NBC hires Zhao as politics editor

Christina Zhao is joining NBC News as a politics editor. Previously, she was a senior editor at Newsweek, where she also worked as a deputy news editor and news reporter, covering China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and US politics. She also served as writer/sub-editor for Snapchat Discover and Health desk at MailOnline. She has also […]

Korecki joins NBC News as senior national political reporter

NBC News has tapped Natasha Korecki as a senior national politics reporter on the NBC Politics team. She joins from Politico, where she was a national correspondent. Korecki was with the Chicago Sun-Times for over 11 years, where she worked as a federal courts reporter and then as a chief political reporter. She has also […]

NBC News hires Logan as breaking business news editor

NBC News Digital has hired Bryan Logan as its breaking business news editor. Logan was a senior editor on the West Coast news team who joined Insider in January 2015. He built the West Coast news division from a staff of one to a team of 12, expanding its footprint from San Francisco to Los Angeles and […]

CNBC’s Lovelace to join NBC News

CNBC.com reporter Berkeley Lovelace is leaving the news organization to cover health and medical news for NBC News. He has been mainly covering pharmaceuticals and the Food and Drug Administration. He’s also the host of “Healthy Returns,” a weekly health-care newsletter. His last day at CNBC is Friday. He will start his new job later this month. […]

Williams departs NBC News after 28 years

Brian Williams, U.S. anchor and journalist, will exit NBC News and MSNBC after nearly three decades with the company. He will depart next month. “Brian Williams has informed us he would like to take the coming months to spend time with his family. He will be signing off from The 11th Hour at the end […]

Insider deputy editor Varinsky leaving for NBC News

Dana Varinsky, deputy editor for science and sports at Insider, is leaving to join NBC News as a health news editor. Varinsky has been with Insider for over 5 years, previously working as an innovation editor, science and innovation editor and then as a senior science editor. Before that, she has served as an assistant […]