TechCrunch’s Mascarenhas on covering fintech
TechCrunch’s Mary Ann Azevedo spoke with TechCrunch senior reporter Natasha Mascarenhas about her job covering fintech. Here is an excerpt: What drew you to the beat, and what do you plan to focus on? Money is so emotional, and I love covering all the tensions that exist when people make more, talk louder and decide to share it. […]
TechCrunch hires Szkutak to cover venture capital and startups
Becca Szkutak has joined TechCrunch as a senior writer covering venture capital and startups for TechCrunch+. Recently, she was a venture capital reporter at Forbes, where she also co-authored the Deal Flow newsletter. She previously covered the private debt market for PEI – Alternative Insight, an international trade magazine. She also helped American Inno launch […]
Davis joins TechCrunch as senior venture capital and startups reporter
TechCrunch has hired Dominic-Madori Davis as a senior reporter covering startups and venture capital. She joins from Business Insider, where she was a reporter. She previously worked as an editorial intern in the Greater Los Angeles area at E! Networks and Consulate General of France, where she created editorial content for the website and assisted […]
Mascarenhas to cover fintech for TechCrunch
Natasha Mascarenhas, a reporter covering venture capital and startups for TechCrunch, is now covering fintech and how money blends with culture, economic empowerment and access. She has been with TechCrunch since March 2020. She previously worked at Crunchbase covering venture capital and startups. Previously, she was a business reporting intern for the San Francisco Chronicle […]
TechCrunch hires Weber to cover climate tech
TechCrunch has hired Harri Weber as a senior writer to cover climate technology. Weber has been at dotLA to cover venture capital as its senior reporter for the past year. Weber had been with Flipboard for two years as its breaking news editor, editing and writing breaking news alerts sent to millions of readers. She also […]
Wiggers departs VentureBeat for TechCrunch
VentureBeat senior staff writer Kyle Wiggers is leaving the news site for TechCrunch. His first day will be March 28. Wiggers writes about artificial intelligence for VentureBeat and lives in New York City. He previously was an SEO editor for Fatherly and also worked at XDA Developers and Digital Trends. He is a graduate of Ohio University.
Melinek hired by TechCrunch to be senior crypto reporter
Tech news site TechCrunch has hired Jacquelyn Melinek to be a senior crypto reporter. She has been at Blockworks for the past year covering digital assets, specifically cryptocurrency. She previously was part of the S&P Global Platts team out of Houston covering petrochemicals. She previously interned for Bloomberg News on the Americas oil trading desk. Before […]
TechCrunch hires Malik as consumer news reporter
Aisha Malik has joined TechCrunch full-time as a consumer news reporter, writing about apps, social media, startups and more. She was recently working freelance for TechCrunch. Previously, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup in Toronto, Canada. She has also interned at Global News and was a staff reporter at The Medium, the campus paper […]
Ramaswamy joins TechCrunch as crypto and fintech reporter
TechCrunch has tapped Anita Ramaswamy as a reporter covering crypto and fintech startups, trends, and news. Previously, she worked as a contributing writer. She was also a finance fellow at Insider, and has also worked freelance. Earlier, she was an analyst at Evercore, a private funds group in New York. She has also served as […]
Axios hires Lawler to cover fintech deals
Axios has hired Ryan Lawler to write about fintech deals in a newsletter with Lucinda Shen, who recently joined from Reuters. Lawler has been at TechCrunch since August working on fintech coverage. Lawler has been head of content at Samsung NEXT for the previous four years. He was also a partner in the venture capital firm 500 startups. […]
