Semafor hires Weigel as D.C. reporter

Semafor has tapped David Weigel to serve as a reporter in Washington, D.C.. Recently, Weigel was a national political reporter at The Washington Post. Before that, Weigel worked at Bloomberg on the politics team. He was a senior politics reporter at Slate, where he also hosted a political interview podcast and the “Weigel” news blog. […]

Rao joins Semafor as a senior editor in London

Semafor has appointed Prashant Rao as a senior editor in London, where he will lead Semafor’s daily global publication Flagship, and will also oversee 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 […]

Semafor appoints Sarlin Washington bureau chief

Semafor has tapped Benjy Sarlin to serve as Washington bureau chief. Sarlin was a policy editor at NBC News, where he worked for more than nine years. There, he also served as a political reporter. He was a political reporter at both TPM Media LLC and The Daily Beast. He was a reporter at The […]

Semafor hires Chalfant to cover national security

Morgan Chalfant has joined Semafor as a reporter in Washington, D.C., where she will cover national security through the newsletter Principals. Recently, Chalfant was a White House reporter at The Hill. There, she also held the posts of national security reporter and cybersecurity reporter. She reported for the Washington Free Beacon and wrote for Red […]

FT digital editor Akwagyiram joins Semafor as ME for Africa

Alexis Akwagyiram will join Semafor as managing editor for Africa. Akwagyiram begins in October. Recently, he was a digital editor on the World desk of the Financial Times. Before that, he was at Reuters, where he served as senior Nigeria correspondent and then as Nigeria bureau chief. He was a multimedia journalist and broadcast journalist […]

Spindle joins Semafor to cover climate and energy

Global news startup Semafor has tapped Bill Spindle as climate and energy editor. Recently, Spindle was at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he was an international affairs fellow, a role in which he travelled India reporting on climate change and the transformation of the global energy system. Previously he was at The Wall Street […]

Semafor hires Adegoke to launch Africa edition

News startup Semafor has hired Rest of World’s Yinka Adegoke to launch an Africa news edition. He has been Rest of World’s editor of strategic initiatives. He will work on audience strategies for growth and also oversee its Africa coverage. He previously ran Quartz Africa. Before Quartz Africa, Adegoke was a media business reporter for Reuters for the […]

Semafor hires Adegoke to launch Africa edition

News startup Semafor has hired Rest of World’s Yinka Adegoke to launch an Africa news edition. He has been Rest of World’s editor of strategic initiatives. He will work on audience strategies for growth and also oversee its Africa coverage. He previously ran Quartz Africa. Before Quartz Africa, Adegoke was a media business reporter for Reuters for the […]

Semafor seeks a crypto 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 from the ground up to enable world-class journalists to deliver reporting and insights with rigor in journalistic forms that ensure a new level of transparency. Our […]

Semafor seeks a tech 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 from the ground up to enable world-class journalists to deliver reporting and insights with rigor in journalistic forms that ensure a new level of transparency. Our […]