The Economist names Ogunbiyi co-host of “The Intelligence”
The Economist has promoted Ore Ogunbiyi to co-host of “The Intelligence” podcast. Recently, she held the post of health care and consumer correspondent. Ogunbiyi joined The Economist in April 2021 as a business affairs fellow. Previously, she was a reporter at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and interned at the BBC. Ogunbiyi has a […]
“The Closer” podcast to focus on deals
A new podcast called “The Closer” is coming next month that will focus on important deals and their impact. The podcast, which will start Feb. 6, will be hosted by Aimee Keane, a former Financial Times journalist who was the founding executive producer and host of the FT’s first narrative business podcast, “Behind the Money.” […]
WSJ seeks a supervising producer for news podcasts
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a supervising producer to join its daily news podcast team. The supervising producer drives daily production for two of the WSJ’s specialized daily podcasts, Tech News Briefing and YourMoney Briefing, but also works across the unit’s podcasts, ensures that needs of outside partners are met and fills in for […]
WSJ promotes Zinsli to executive producer for audio team
The Wall Street Journal has promoted Chris Zinsli to be an executive producer for its audio team. In this new role, he will be overseeing news podcasts. Zinsli has been a senior editor and supervising producer since January 2020. He previously was an editor for WSJ Pro Venture Capital for more than a decade. He also worked […]
The Economist senior podcast editor Gittleson departing
Kim Gittleson, the senior editor for podcasts at The Economist, is leaving to join Prologue Projects. Gittleson is the co-editor of “The Intelligence,” The Economist’s daily current affairs podcast. She previously worked as a podcast host at the Wall Street Journal. Previously, Gittleson was with BBC News where she first served as a New York business […]
WSJ seeks an executive producer for news podcasts
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an executive producer to oversee its growing selection of news podcasts. Top candidates for this position will demonstrate excellent journalistic instincts, creative production and team-management skills. You will be in charge of inspiring a team of audio journalists to produce innovative, creative work under tight deadline pressures. Please note, […]
Strasser, supervising editor of “The Journal” podcast, hired by NY Times
New York Times opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury sent out the following on Monday: We are delighted to announce that Annie-Rose Strasser will be joining The Times as the new executive producer for Opinion Audio. She will lead the team of editors, producers, engineers, hosts and others who make and promote “The Ezra Klein Show,” “First Person” and “The Argument” […]
Verma joins WSJ as producer for “The Journal” podcast
Jeevika Verma is now a producer of “The Journal,” a money, business and power podcast from Gimlet Media and The Wall Street Journal. Recently, Verma was an associate producer at NPR. Previously, she interned at and was then promoted to assistant producer at “The Takeaway,” WNYC Radio’s daily national news show. She interned at NPR, […]
Cincy Biz Courier starts “Above the Fold” podcast
The Cincinnati Business Courier is starting a weekly podcast named “Above the Fold.” Senior staff reporter Andy Brownfield writes, “‘Above the Fold’ comes from a bit of old newspaper lingo. Old broadsheet newspapers, the kind that you unfold and then unfurl to find the splashiest headlines at the top of the paper so they were on […]
NY Times seeks a producer for a new tech podcast
The New York Times Audio team is hiring a producer for a new tech podcast. The producer should love both the complex world of the Internet and the format of a reported and accessible chat show. You should also bring an enthusiasm for the kind of startup environment that comes with developing a new show, […]
