Semafor hires Banicki as head of video
Semafor has hired Adam Banicki, Fortune’s general manager of video, as its first head of video, reports Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg writes, “Banicki, who previously spent more than five years at The Wall Street Journal, where he last served as senior executive producer of YouTube, will oversee both the editorial and commercial sides of Semafor’s […]
Semafor seeks a business and finance reporter
Semafor is a global news platform for an increasingly complex world in which consumers are overwhelmed by too many news sources and unsure what to trust. We are building Semafor to enable world-class journalists to deliver reporting and insights with rigor in journalistic forms that ensure a new level of transparency. Our editors and reporters […]
Semafor hires Rappaport as senior business editor
Semafor has hired former Wall Street Journal features editor Liz Rappaport to be senior business editor, reports Lachlan Cartwright of Breaker. Rappaport was an editor for The Journal’s weekend business and finance section, Exchange, before leaving last year. Before that, she was the Journal’s Los Angeles bureau chief. Rappaport had been with he Journal since 2008, when […]
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 […]
