Travel news site Skift has laid off eight staffers
Travel industry news site Skift has laid off eight employees, including one editorial staffer, our of more than 90 employees. “Skift has initiated a small restructuring to better align our resources with our strategic goals for 2025 and beyond,” said CEO and founder Rafat Ali in a message. “We remain profitable with double digit growth […]
Skift hires Maharishi to cover airlines
Travel industry news service Skift has hired Meghna Maharishi to cover airlines. She previously was at The Points Guy since July 2022 as a reporter. Maharishi interned at CNN and CNBC. She is a graduate of Cornell University, where she was assistant managing editor of the Cornell Daily Sun.
Geerts departs Skift for Mews
Skift head of research Wouter Geerts has left the hospitality industry news site to become director of market research and intelligence at Mews, a hospitality software company. He had been at Skift since March 2019. Geerts also preciously worked at Euromonitor International, the world’s leading independent provider of strategic market research. He holds a master’s […]
Skift hires Corder as Middle East correspondent
Josh Corder has joined Skift as a Middle East correspondent. He wrote on LinkedIn: “I have the honour of helping them push even further into the Middle East, reporting on the region with the same style of informative journalism and critical examination Skift has become known for in other parts of the world.” Recently, Corder […]
Skift hires Kopit as editor in chief
Skift founder Rafat Ali has hired Sarah Kopit as editor in chief. Ali writes, “Sarah Kopit joins us as Skift’s new EIC, in charge of all editorial, including setting the editorial direction, defining Skift’s themes and driving editorial excellence across all of our brands. “Previously, Kopit was the Editor-in-Chief at the digital asset publication, The Block, and is a 14-year […]
Skift hires Haris as managing editor
Travel industry news site Skift has hired Lex Haris to be its managing editor. Haris was previously vice president of editorial for CBSNews.com, but left that position in February 2022. He was also previously executive editor of investigations at CNN and executive editor of CNNMoney. He had been with CNNMoney from 2001 to 2017, and had been […]
Corporate travel editor Parsons departs Skift
Matt Parsons, the corporate travel editor at travel industry site Skift, has departed. Parsons has become head of content and communications for AltoVita. He was at Skift since March 2020. He previously was an editor at Buying Business Travel and technology editor at TTG Media. Parsons also worked at Commercial Aviation Media and Informa. He […]
Skift editor in chief has departed
Tom Lowry, editor in chief of Skift, a website focused on the business of travel, has left the news organization after five years. Lowry had also been managing editor. “Our far-ranging work — from elevating breaking news and deep dives, to hiring a truly diverse global team of editors, reporters and interns, to launching new newsletters, […]
How Skift survived and thrived during the pandemic
Peter Bale of the International News Media Association writes about travel industry site Skift and how it survived and thrived during the pandemic. Bale writes, “[Rafat] Ali and his co-founder Jason Clampet moved fast, firing more than a third of staff (many of whom had only been hired relatively recently and were part of an ambitious […]
Skift promotes Jorden to associate editor and archivist
Travel industry news site Skift has promoted Rashaad Jorden to the role of associate editor and archivist. He has been a freelancer and editorial assistant for Skift for the past two years. “Not many media companies have archivists, certainly none a decade-old, but the creation of this job shows forward-thinking and a confidence that Skift’s […]
