NBC News promotes Gibson to senior D.C. editor

NBC News has appointed Ginger Gibson senior Washington editor. Recently, Gibson served as deputy Washington digital editor. Gibson joined NBC News in November 2020 as an interim Washington editor and was previously a Washington correspondent at Thomson Reuters. She was a senior political writer at the International Business Times. Gibson was a congressional correspondent/national political […]

Terkel joins NBC News as senior politics editor

Amanda Terkel will join NBC News as a senior politics editor. She begins Nov. 14. Terkel is an editorial director at HuffPost, where she oversees the national and politics desks and provides strategic guidance across the newsroom about the direction of HuffPost. She has been with HuffPost for more than 12 years. Before that, she […]

Tolentino departs Daily Dot for NBC News

NBC News has hired Daysia Tolentino as a reporter for its culture and trends team. Recently, she edited the “Creator Economy” newsletter at The Daily Dot. Tolentino joined The Daily Dot as a freelancer in March 2021 and became part of the staff full-time in June 2021 as a newswire editor for weekends and evenings. […]

Seattle Times hires Bellamy-Walker as a communities reporter

The Seattle Times has hired Tat Bellamy-Walker as a communities reporter to cover diverse groups throughout the region. Currently, Bellamy-Walker is a desk assistant for the diversity verticals at NBC News. He was a fellow at New Hampshire Public Radio and Business Insider. Bellamy-Walker interned at Inc. magazine, The Daily Beast, CNN and The Week. […]

Nobles swaps CNN for NBC News

Ryan Nobles will join NBC News and continue to cover the Capitol Hill beat. An excerpt from the memo sent to staff by NBC News D.C. bureau chief Ken Strickland reads as follows: All, It’s my pleasure to introduce Ryan Nobles as our newest Capitol Hill Correspondent, beginning with us later this month. It’s an […]

Politico hires Przybyla as national investigative correspondent

Politico has appointed Heidi Przybyla as a national investigative correspondent. Przybyla will begin on Oct. 11. A Politico contributor, Przybyla was recently a correspondent at NBC News, where she led coverage of the Biden White House’s COVID-19 policy. Before that, she was a NBC/MSNBC political reporter and “Morning Joe” panelist. She was a senior political […]

Semafor appoints Sarlin Washington bureau chief

Semafor has tapped Benjy Sarlin to serve as Washington bureau chief. Sarlin was a policy editor at NBC News, where he worked for more than nine years. There, he also served as a political reporter. He was a political reporter at both TPM Media LLC and The Daily Beast. He was a reporter at The […]

Berger joins NBC News as a production assistant

NBC News has hired Julian Berger as a production assistant for NBC News NOW. Berger joined from NewsNation Network, where he was an anchor assistant. He interned at CNN, Civic Nation and NBC News. He reported for Carolina Week and La Noticia, a publishing company serving the Latin community in North Carolina. Berger has a […]

Business and tech correspondent Kent departs NBC News

Jo Ling Kent, a business and tech correspondent with NBC News, has left the organization after six years. Before NBC News, she was at Fox Business Network for three years covering technology. Prior to joining Fox Business, Kent served as an on-air reporter for NBC’s owned and operated station WVIT-TV in Hartford. In this role […]

NBC News hires four for business and tech desk

NBC News has hired four journalists for its business, technology and innovation desk. Brian Cheung will join the unit as a business and data reporter. His reporting will cover the current state of the American economy as it emerges from a global pandemic and as the midterms approach. He will start on Sept. 19. Cheung […]