Eavis: Why covering M&A is no longer boring
New York Times business reporter Peter Eavis, who once thought covering mergers and acquisitions was boring, has changed his opinion. Eavis writes, “But when a big deal comes up, reporters might best serve readers by looking closely at whether it will hurt competition, squelch innovation or have other ill effects. The days of relying on […]
Axios welcomes two new editors
Axios recently welcomed two new editors to its staff: Jennifer Kingson and Michele Salcedo. Kingson joined Axios as the managing editor of business, where she oversees the coverage of markets, banking real estate, and other financial topics. She’s at the helm of both the Axios Markets and Axios edge newsletters. Salcedo is the organization’s news […]
NY Times biz editor discusses new retail reporter — and puns
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I’m pleased to announce that Sapna Maheshwari has switched beats and is now covering retail. Some of you will be scratching your heads: Didn’t Sapna switch gigs in, like, March? Yes! But Sapna’s move has literally given me a case of […]
NY Times’ Carter wins Nash Award
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet and business editor Ellen Pollock sent out the following announcement on Monday: We are pleased to announce that Adrienne Carter is this year’s recipient of the Nathaniel Nash Award for excellence in business and economics journalism. Adrienne joined The New York Times in 2010. She has been deputy Business editor since 2017, […]
Forbes, ProPublica and NY Times win biz Deadline Club awards
Forbes and a joint project between ProPublica and the New York Times were the winners in this year’s Deadline Club awards in the business journalism categories. The best business feature winner was Dan Alexander and Matt Drange of Forbes for “Trump Tenants.” The judges wrote: They report numerous possible conflicts of interest, involving tenants who […]
NY Times hires WSJ reporter Stevis-Gridneff
The New York Times has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Matina Stevis-Gridneff. Stevis-Gridneff will be based in Brussels. “It’s been an incredible, rare ride at the Journal,” she wrote on Twitter. “Now for the head-spinning privilege to be a Times foreign correspondent.” Stevis-Gridneff has been writing about money in Africa for the Journal, based in […]
Bloomberg’s Flavelle hired by NY Times to cover climate
Hannah Fairfield, the climate editor at the New York Times, sent out the following announcement: I am happy to announce that Christopher Flavelle, a fantastic climate reporter at Bloomberg News, will join The Times as a climate correspondent based in Washington. Christopher spent nine years at Bloomberg, most recently focusing on climate adaptation, covering the […]
NY Times hires Quartz’s Pasick to run newsletters
Jodi Rudoren, associate managing editor for audience at the New York Times, sent out the following announcement on Thursday: I am delighted to welcome Adam Pasick, our new editorial director of newsletters. Adam comes to us from Quartz, where he was senior editor for newsletters and apps and, yes, helped invent the “Obsession” email. (His […]
NY Times hires WSJ reporter Epstein
Wall Street Journal reporter Reid Epstein has been hired by The New York Times and will join its politics desk. At The Journal, Epstein he covered the 2016 presidential campaign and then Democratic politics in the age of Trump. He has covered national politics for a decade, with scoops ranging from Mitt Romney’s car elevator […]
Why a New York Times tech reporter was followed in China
Paul Mozur, a tech reporter for The New York Times in China, writes about how he was tracked by that country’s authorities while traveling for a story. Mozur writes, “When I was wide awake, my followers were by turns menacing and buffoonish. There were seven of them, and they took down the information of anyone […]
