Gizmodo hires Peyser as night editor
Tech news site Gizmodo has hired Eve Peyser as its night editor. She starts next week. Peyser is best known for matching with disgraced and indicted pharma executive Martin Shkreli on Tinder and writing about their conversation. “As the night editor, I’ll be running the whole site after hours,” said Peyser in an email to Talking Biz […]
Dear tech pubs, calm yourself down about this gadget
Tech journalist Stephen Beale is critical of how some business media have covered a hand-held font-scanning gadget developed by a grad student in England. Beale writes, “This past week, several media outlets told us about a miraculous gizmo that promises salvation for graphic designers. ‘Handheld Tool Is Like Shazam for Fonts and OMG We Need […]
DC Inno seeks reporter
DC Inno is looking for a writer who can work his or her way to the center of the District’s ecosystem of people, startups, innovative companies and venture capital firms. Our writers dig up business intelligence, tell entrepreneurs’ stories and distill ideas that change industries. If you are an ambitious and skilled writer and reporter, the […]
Reuters seeks financial technology correspondent
Reuters is seeking an energetic, enterprising reporter to cover the intersection of finance and technology as a financial technology correspondent. In more recent years, fintech has become an industry in its own right, with startups from San Francisco to London trying to upend business models of lenders, brokerages, trading firms, investment managers, exchanges, insurers and retail […]
KC Biz Journal seeks health care/tech reporter
The Kansas City Business Journal is looking for a journalist who is fascinated by what will happen, not merely what has happened. Our health care/big tech beat combines coverage of the changing face of how heath care is delivered, organized and paid for with coverage of three forward-looking area public companies: Sprint, Cerner and Garmin. […]
The Hill seeks tech reporter
The Hill is seeking a reporter to cover technology politics and policymaking in Washington. We’re looking for a candidate who understands politics on Capitol Hill and K Street, and who can write fast-breaking news stories in addition to punchy, lengthier pieces. A background in technology reporting is encouraged, but not required. This is a rare chance […]
Birmingham Business Journal seeks health care/tech reporter
The Birmingham Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover Birmingham’s huge health care community and its ever-growing technology and innovation scene. The ideal candidate will marry strong traditional journalism skills – source building, sharp interviewing techniques, strong analytical and investigative reporting skills, clear writing, document use – with online and social media know-how. Whatever […]
Tech reporter Schatz joins U.S. Telecom Association
Longtime technology reporter Amy Schatz has been hired by the U.S. Telecom Association as its vice president of media affairs. Schatz had most recently been deputy tech editor for Politico. “We are thrilled to welcome Amy Schatz to our communications team where her longtime telecom policy expertise and stellar reputation as a tough, but fair reporter will […]
BuzzFeed seeks tech reporter in San Francisco
BuzzFeed News is looking for smart, tenacious, and enthusiastic general assignment technology reporter for its San Francisco bureau. We’re looking for a reporter who can respond quickly to the news of the day, surface trends — especially from social, develop a beat, break news, and advance stories. This is a highly ambitious bureau, and the […]
Tech editor, tech reporter laid off at Newsweek
The technology editor and a tech reporter at Newsweek were among those laid off by the magazine on Friday. The layoffs come a day after layoffs at sister publication International Business Times cut its business and tech news staff. Tech editor Grant Burningham worked as the front page news editor at Yahoo News and at The […]
