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 […]
Kamb to join NBC News as national FOIA reporter
NBC News Digital has hired Lewis Kamb as a national FOIA reporter. Kamb will join the enterprise team on Sept. 12. NBC News digital managing editor Tom Namako said that Kamb “will pursue news-driven scoops and long-term investigative projects based on public records. He’ll work across the newsroom, running training sessions and coaching reporters on how […]
NBC News hires Hurley from Reuters
NBC News has hired Reuters legal affairs reporter Lawrence Hurley to cover the Supreme Court. He has been recently covering the U.S. Supreme Court, and he was part of a Pulitzer Prize winning team project on how the defense of qualified immunity protects police officers accused of excessive force. Hurley has been with Reuters since February 2013. […]
