Weiss joins Arizona’s InMaricopa as managing editor
Elias Weiss has joined the daily online newspaper and magazine InMaricopa as managing editor. Recently, he served as Arizona politics correspondent at The Daily Beast and a news reporter at Phoenix New Times. Weiss also worked as a digital media coordinator and editor at Chatham Star-Tribune in Virginia and a sports reporter at Northwest Arkansas […]
LA Times hires Walker on the newsletters team
The following excerpt was sent out on behalf of the Los Angeles Times’ head of newsletters Karim Doumar: Kevinisha Walker has joined the Los Angeles Times newsletter team as a multiplatform editor. In this role, Walker will help write and compile flagship L.A. Times newsletters and collaborate with writers and editors to improve the quality […]
Daily Beast promotes Wilstein to senior entertainment editor
The Daily Beast has appointed Matt Wilstein to the post of senior entertainment editor. Recently, he served as a senior writer. Wilstein joined in the Daily Beast in 2015 as an entertainment writer. Before that, he served as L.A. bureau chief at Mediaite.com. Wilstein graduated from Columbia University. Be sure to congratulate Wilstein on Twitter.
Popular Mechanics taps Price as associate commerce editor
Thomas Price has joined Hearst as an associate commerce editor for Popular Mechanics. Previously, he was a staff writer at The Daily Beast. Price was a business writer at Startup Savant and a consumer news and lifestyle writer at BestReviews. He was an opinion editor at Washington Square News. Price graduated from New York University. […]
Daily Beast spinning into a sale?
Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times reports: The tech mogul Barry Diller was one of the first billionaires to experiment with digital journalism in the 2000s, teaming up with the longtime editor Tina Brown to start The Daily Beast, a scrappy tabloid for the budding online era. Now, Mr. Diller’s 14-year run as owner of the […]
Daily Beast appoints Bachman night editor
Brett Bachman has joined The Daily Beast as a night editor. Recently, Bachman was a U.S. news editor at DailyMail.com. He freelanced for various outlets and was a staff writer/editor at Salon Media Group, Inc. As a digital editor at the New York Post, he oversaw digital content production for the local and national news […]
Boston Globe names Kucinich D.C. bureau chief
The Boston Globe has appointed Jackie Kucinich as Washington D.C. bureau chief. Recently, Kucinich held the same post at The Daily Beast. Kucinich had been with The Daily Beast for more than seven years. She was a politics reporter at The Washington Post and a politics writer at USA Today. She was a staff writer […]
Sacks joins WaPo as extreme weather, natural disasters reporter
The Washington Post has hired Brianna Sacks as an extreme weather and natural disasters reporter. As per the Post: “In this role, Brianna will explore how climate change is transforming the United States through violent storms, intense heat, widespread wildfires and other forms of extreme weather. She will deploy to disaster zones and do enterprise […]
Muldowney joins the Daily Beast as a researcher/reporter
The Daily Beast has hired Decca Muldowney as a researcher/reporter. Recently, Muldowney was a fact-checker at Brooklyn-based Pineapple Street Media. Muldowney was an investigative researcher at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. She freelanced for ProPublica, The Verge, The Indypendent and The Real Deal. Muldowney has a B.A., M.Phil. and PhD. from the University […]
Siegel swaps Daily Beast for The City
Harry Siegel will join The City as a senior editor, departing his post as a senior editor at The Daily Beast. Siegel is the creator and co-host of FAQ NYC, a local news podcast headquartered at NYU’s McSilver Institute for Poverty, Policy and Research. His work has also appeared in City Journal, Commentary, The New […]
