Skift hires Jorden for news team
Travel freelancer Rashaad Jorden will be joining travel industry news site Skift as editorial assistant. He will start May 24. In this role, Jorden will assist editor-in-chief Tom Lowry with production and edit duties, including with newsletters, podcasts and social media. In addition, he will continue writing stories from time to time. Jorden previously freelanced […]
How Skift has succeeded during the pandemic
JP Mangalindan writes for The Juggernaut about how travel industry publication Skift thrived during the pandemic. Mangalindan writes, “The once-bustling global tourism industry, as the world once understood it, had irrevocably changed, hemorrhaging as much as $1.2 trillion in 2020 — and its effects were widespread. Travel industry news and information outlets were hit particularly hard, as companies […]
Skift hires Abdellatif for news team
Business journalist Reem Abdellatif will be joining travel industry news site Skift as editorial assistant. She will start Feb. 1. In her role, Abdellatif will be assisting editor-in-chief Tom Lowry with production and edit duties, including with newsletters, podcasts and social media. In addition, she will be writing stories from time to time. She was […]
Skift hires Russell, Muñoz for airlines coverage
Travel industry news site Skift has hired Edward “Ned” Russell from The Points Guy as an airlines reporter. Russell will write for Skift and the newsletter Airline Weekly. Previously, he wrote for FlightGlobal and FinanceAsia. Russell, who has a wide following among aviation professionals, will be based in Washington, D.C. Skift also hired freelancer Ruthy […]
Questions arise about SKift’s workplace culture
Madeline Stone of Business Insider writes about travel industry site Skift, which some former co-workers have described as being unfriendly to female employee. Stone writes, “Over the years, Skift grew to have more than 50 employees, and the Skift Global Forum became a must-attend event for the travel industry. “But Skift’s culture has come under […]
Skift hires Girma as global tourism reporter
Lebawit “Lily” Girma has been hired by travel industry news site Skift as its global tourism reporter. She will start on Nov. 2. She succeeds Rosie Spinks, who left Skift at the end of September to pursue a book project Girma has been freelancing for Skift this year. Her work has appeared in BBC, CNN, […]
Skift seeks a tourism reporter
Skift, the most influential media company covering the business of travel, is seeking a full-time reporter to report on and oversee the coverage of the tourism and destinations sector. The primary responsibility is reporting and writing daily news and enterprise stories. The position is remote anywhere in the United States, as Skift is a fully […]
Skift seeks an an airlines reporter
Skift, the most influential media company covering the business of travel, is seeking a full-time reporter to report on and oversee the coverage of the global airlines industry. The primary responsibility is reporting and writing daily news and enterprise stories. The position is remote anywhere in the United States, as Skift is a fully distributed […]
Skift reporter Spinks set to depart
Rosie Spinks, global tourism reporter at Skift, is leaving the company. However, she will continue contributing columns. Spinks has also worked at Quartz as a travel and lifestyle reporter. She has also freelanced for 6 years, writing for U.K. and U.S. publications, including The Guardian, Vice, The Pool, Quartz, NPR, Racked, The Wall Street Journal, […]
Skift managing editor Chiu laid off
Skift managing editor Faye Chiu was among those laid off this week as part of cost-cutting measures at the travel business media company. In March, the company furloughed a third of its 61 employees, and founder Rafat Ali has said he anticipates a significant drop in revenues for the year, largely from a slate of live events […]
