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. […]
Why FBI agents knocked on the door of a TechCrunch editor
Zack Whittaker, security editor at TechCrunch, writes about why two Federal Bureau of Investigations agents knocked on his door after he reported about a hacking of a Mexican embassy. Whittaker writes, “We published our story, and that seemed to be the end of it. “The FBI knock at my door a year later suggested it […]
How virtual events has paid off for TechCrunch
Mark Stenberg of Adweek writes about how going to virtual events for all of 2021 has paid off for tech news site TechCrunch. Stenberg writes, “The Yahoo-owned publisher is on track to record its best year of revenue in company history, an achievement in which its lucrative events business played a sizable role, said Joey Hinson, […]
Lawler returns to TechCrunch to focus on fintech
Ryan Lawler, who worked at TechCrunch from 2012 to 2015, is returning to the tech news site to focus on fintech. He will be working primarily with the ExtraCrunch team. Lawler has been head of content at Samsung NEXT for the past four years. He was also a partner in the venture capital firm 500 […]
