Rubin joins NPR’s Planet Money as associate producer
Willa Rubin has joined NPR as an associate producer for “Planet Money,” a podcast that talks about the economy. She recently was an associate producer at Gimlet Media and The Wall Street Journal podcast. There, the team’s “WeWork Trilogy” series won awards from the New York Press Club (2020) and the Society for Advancing Business […]
Forthcoming D.C. news startup announces new hires
An upcoming D.C. publication from Laura McGann, former politics editor of Vox.com and Politico, and Mark Bauman, previously with ABC News, has announced a number of new hires. Justin Rood has joined as investigations editor. He comes from Insider, where he was an investigative correspondent. He has also worked at ABC News, TPM Media LLC […]
“Planet Money” co-host Goldstein joins podcast company
“Planet Money” co-host Jacob Goldstein is joining Pushkin Industries, a podcasting company, as executive producer. Goldstein spent more than a decade as co-host of Planet Money, NPR’s business podcast reporting stories that make economic journalism approachable. He’s also the author of the book “Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing,” which the New York Times called […]
“Planet Money” seeks senior supervising editor
Fairness, wealth, well-being, inequality, power, all of it and more. What a time to cover the economy! Capitalism itself is coming under question. Basic assumptions about economics are falling away. We’re facing a profound moment of economic crisis, with deep human suffering, disparate impacts along racial and ethnic lines, all while wealth and innovation are […]
“Planet Money” hires Beras as a host/reporter
NPR’s “Planet Money” has hired Erika Beras as a host and a reporter She previously was at Marketplace covering wealth and poverty, aging and other beats for Marketplace’s programs. She previously was a freelancer contributing radio stories to a variety of outlets. including NPR newsmagazines and Scientific American podcasts. She has written for National Geographic, NewYorker.com and other publications. […]
Concannon hired by NPR’s “Planet Money”
Kate Concannon has been hired by National Public Radio’s “Planet Money” and “The Indicator” business and economics shows as senior supervising editor. She is currently managing editor of the Mountain West News Bureau, a new regional journalism collaboration funded by member stations in the Mountain West and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Concannon worked for the […]
“Planet Money” seeks a co-host/reporter
This job is a chance to help millions of listeners make sense of one of the most confusing moments in our nation’s — and the world’s — history. You’ll have to juggle themes of fairness, well-being, inequality, power, race, nationalism along with efficiency, productivity, innovation and all the other usual economic vocabulary words. Does that […]
How NPR’s “Planet Money” has thrived on TikTok
Dan Whateley of Business Insider writes about how National Public Radio’s “Planet Money” is one of the few media programs to successfully transition to TikTok. Whateley writes, “Planet Money is one of a few ‘traditional’ media brands that has successfully ported its content over to TikTok. The team’s lo-fi content style (Corbett films at home using […]
