Semafor promotes Rao to global managing editor
Semafor has promoted Prashant Rao to global managing editor. He has been a senior editor in London, leading Semafor’s daily global publication Flagship, and also overseeing a range of other projects. Rao was an international editor at The Atlantic and deputy Europe business editor at The New York Times. He served as U.K. reporter, Baghdad correspondent, Baghdad deputy bureau chief, […]
Semafor is expanding into Silicon Valley
Semafor will launch a multiday Silicon Valley conference that will have two days of live journalism and breakout sessions anchored by Semafor’s team of reporters, reports Emily Shugerman of The San Francisco Standard. Shugerman reports, “Since its founding as a scrappy international news startup competing against august titles like the Financial Times and Economist, Semafor has developed […]
How Edgecliffe-Johnson covers CEOs for Semafor
Meredith Klein of Meredith and the Media interviewed Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Semafor’s CEO editor, about his job. Here is an excerpt: For the past year-and-a-half, you’ve been at Semafor as the CEO editor. You profile CEOs weekly on the site, as well as write The CEO Signal newsletter, which is a weekly guide to the ideas, leaders, and companies […]
Browne to anchor Semafor newsletter on China
Andrew Browne, former China editor at The Wall Street Journal and Beijing bureau chief for Reuters, will anchor “Semafor China,” a new weekly email newsletter about the country’s economy. Browne writes, “I’ve covered China and the surrounding region for decades. Over that time, I’ve learned two lessons. First, getting the story right requires a sense […]
Semafor gets $30 million investment, will expand biz coverage
News organization Semafor has received a $30 million investment, valuing the operation at $300 million, reports Isabella Simonetti of The Wall Street Journal. Simonetti writes, “The $30 million in new funding will help expand Semafor’s World Economy annual CEO gathering in Washington, D.C., and explore new markets for events. Semafor plans to hire more journalists and expand […]
Semafor hires Banjo as deputy editor in chief
Shelly Banjo, managing editor of global business at Bloomberg News, has been hired as deputy editor in chief at Semafor. She has been at Bloomberg for a decade. She previously had been New York bureau chief before her most recent role. Banjo had also been an opinion columnist and technology senior reporter in Hong Kong […]
Semafor seeks an economic policy reporter
Semafor is looking for a proven, news-hungry Washington reporter to join the Semafor DC team. You would be writing agenda-setting stories covering the Trump White House — with a broad emphasis on the administration’s economic priorities and choices and the global implications of those moves, but ranging far beyond at will. We’re looking for someone […]
Scientific American hires Semafor’s Cameron as breaking news chief
Claire Cameron has been hired as the breaking news chief at Scientific American. Previously, she was the deputy news editor at Semafor. Originally from Scotland, she moved to New York in 2012. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Slate, Inc. magazine, Nautilus, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. She holds a master’s degree from the […]
Semafor hires Browne as ME for live journalism
Semafor has hired Andrew Browne as managing editor of live journalism. Browne’s focus will be producing the editorial program for the World Economy Summit, now the largest gathering of Fortune 500 executives in the U.S., while writing a regular column on global business. He has spent the last three years as a partner with the Brunswick Group. […]
Semafor hires Fortune’s Chandler for Asia events
Semafor has hired Clay Chandler from Fortune magazine to oversee its live journalism programs in the Asia-Pacific region and to help launch a new Asia product. From his base in Hong Kong, Chandler has overseen Fortune’s editorial operations and conference strategy in the region. He serves as a chair or co-chair for some of Fortune’s most […]
