Newsday reporter Blidner is leaving
Rachelle Blidner, a reporter covering Long Island municipal government for Newsday will leave, relocating to the Charlottesville, Va. area, according to her Twitter feed. She has also worked freelance and was previously a breaking news reporter at the New York Daily News. Blinder interned at the Associated Press and has worked as an investigative reporter […]
Cummins, former Newsday biz journalist, dies at 70
Harriet Jane Cummins, who worked at Newsday as a business reporter, editor and columnist, died last week at the age of 70. John Asbury of Newsday reports, “She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska and her Masters in English Literature from Creighton University in Omaha. “She worked for the Fort Myers News-Press […]
Newsday hires LaMantia to cover residential real estate
Newsday has hired reporter Jonathan LaMantia to cover residential real estate. He has been a Knight-Bagehot fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism LaMantia previously was a senior reporter covering health care for Crain’s New York Business and its health care newsletter, Health Pulse. At Crain’s, he covered the business of health care in New […]
NY Times hires Ramos as Flex desk editor
Víctor Manuel Ramos will be joining The New York Times’ flexible editing desk as an editor. He comes from Newsday where he recently held the post of deputy editor. Ramos has been with Newsday for more than 10 years and has also served as a special writer. He was also a senior staff writer at […]
Streetsblog makes two new hires
Streetsblog has hired Jesse Coburn and Fiifi Frimpong as reporters, reports Politico. Coburn joins from Newsday where he recently held the post of transportation and education reporter. Coburn has been with Newsday for more than 4 years and has also served as a local government reporter. He has also worked as a metro desk stringer […]
Newsday receives $150,000 grant from Facebook Journalism Project
Newsday was selected among 10 news organizations across New York to have been awarded more than $1 million in grants from Facebook’s relief fund, which provides a financial boost to outlets during the pandemic. “Newsday is using the grant to create additional value for our subscribers, including the launch of a new subscriber deals and discounts […]
Newsday Media Group selling amNew York to Schneps Media
Newsday Media Group is selling amNewYork, its free commuter newspaper in New York City, to Schneps Media, effective Oct. 11, officials announced Wednesday. amNewYork was launched in 2003 and is Manhattan’s highest daily circulation newspaper and has almost 1 million unique visitors to its website each month Although the sale price was not disclosed, sources […]
Newsday offering employee buyouts
Newsday, Long Island’s daily newspaper, is now offering to buy out several employees in order to trim the staff. A spokesperson for the company, Kim Como, stated that the company was “offering a generous voluntary buyout opportunity”. Newsday plans on moving to new offices at Corporate Center Drive. The new headquarters will apparently also include […]
