Semafor seeks a technology reporter
In our interconnected world, journalism needs to deliver common facts to divergent audiences. Our biggest stories, and greatest crises, are now global: from climate change to pandemics, rising inequality to supply chain disruption, political instability to the influence of social media. Yet global trust in the media is at an all-time low. This moment requires […]
Semafor tech reporter Matsakis becoming deputy news editor
Semafor technology reporter Louise Matsakis is becoming a deputy news editor with a focus on Asia news coverage. She will start her new role in January. Before Semafor, Matsakis had been on the NBC News tech investigations team, covering Amazon and TikTok. She has been at Rest of World as senior editor covering technology. She also worked at Wired. […]
Haburchak joins Semafor as director of live video
Alan Haburchak has joined Semafor as director of live video. He most recently was on The Wall Street Journal’s podcasts team as an editorial director of audio. Previously, Haburchak was a senior producer at Insider, where he helped lead a team of producers who created and published the daily tech/biz news-focused show The Refresh. […]
Saacks rejoins Business Insider to cover hedge funds
Business reporter Bradley Saacks is rejoining Business Insider to cover hedge funds from its London office. He most recently had been covering that beat for Semafor. He left Business Insider in 2022. Before Business Insider, he spent the two years and three months at Ignites, the Financial Times’ mutual fund news branch, where he reported on sales, distribution and marketing […]
CNBC hires Semafors’ Hoffman as on-air contributor
CNBC has appointed Liz Hoffman as on-air contributor. She is business and finance editor at Semafor. Previously, Hoffman was a senior reporter at The Wall Street Journal. There, she was also a banking reporter and formerly covered mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. She also reported on corporate deals, finance and governance for Law360 as […]
Former WSJ reporter joining Semafor as global security editor
A former Wall Street Journal reporter who was fired for what the paper believed was an unethical business dealing with a source has been hired by news startup Semafor as global security editor. Jay Solomon has been a senior director at public relations firm APCO Worldwide for the past five years. Prior to joining APCO, Solomon […]
Semafor promotes Henry to head of product
Semafor has tapped Kellen Henry to serve as head of product. In her new role, she will direct and manage Semafor’s digital and core product development, as well as oversee both Semafor’s product and engineering departments. Henry joined Semafor in July 2022 as PM, core products. She spearheaded the creation of everything that consumers interact […]
Semafor hires McDonnell as energy and climate editor
Timothy McDonnell has joined Semafor as an energy and climate editor to anchor the “Net Zero” newsletter, focused on how companies and governments are aiding or impeding decarbonization of the global economy. Recently, McDonnell reported for Quartz. He worked freelance, covering the intersection of climate change and politics, business, food, science, energy, and culture, in […]
When Semafor hired a climate reporter, and sold Chevron ads
Paul Farhi of The Washington Post examines the issues behind news startup Semafor’s decision to hire noted journalist Bill Spindle to cover climate and then sell advertising to Chevron, which resulted in Spindle’s departure. Farhi writes, “Semafor is reluctant to address the specifics of Spindle’s employment but said his dismissal had nothing to do with its advertising partnerships. […]
Semafor climate and energy editor Spindle departs, cites Chevron concerns
Semafor climate and energy editor Bill Spindle has left the news startup due to concerns about Chevron advertising around his content, reports Loree Seitz of The Wrap. Seitz reports, “‘I’m not saying they or Chevron improperly influenced the climate coverage. I could ‘call it as I saw it,” Spindle posted on Twitter. ‘What concerned me was my belief that […]
