WSJ hires Barber to cover Justice Department
The Wall Street Journal has hired Ryan Barber to cover the Justice Department. Barber has been covering the Justice Department and courts on the federal law enforcement beat for Insider since March 2021. He previously covered the same beat for The National Law Journal. Barber previously covered Massachusetts politics for the Cape Cod Times, where he was named Newsroom […]
Politico hires Insider’s Schumaker for health care team
Clea Benson, managing editor of policy news at Politico, sent out the following to the staff: We are thrilled to announce that Erin Schumaker is joining POLITICO’s health care team to contribute to our expanding coverage of the future of health care as we chronicle how the pandemic has reshaped medicine. Erin will be returning […]
Price promoted to senior correspondent at Insider
Rob Price has been promoted to senior correspondent at Insider, based in San Francisco. He writes investigations and long-form features about the technology industry, focusing on large-cap tech companies, social media, UHNWIs, and privacy. Price’s work has exposed the abuse of millions’ of people’s data, uncovered allegations of assault and sexual harassment by Facebook CEO […]
Insider’s Lopez joins others suspended by Twitter owner Musk
Insider columnist Linette Lopez, who has spent years aggressively covering Elon Musk’s businesses, including documenting alleged safety lapses at Tesla, has been suspended by Musk’s Twitter, reports Noah Kirsch of The Daily Beast. Kirsch reports, “Lopez told The Daily Beast she received no explanation for her suspension, nor information about how long the ban will last. She […]
Cannabis reporter Berke departs Insider
Cannabis industry senior reporter Jeremy Berke has left Insider for a new opportunity. Berke has covered the bumpy rollout of Canada’s cannabis legalization, the boom in cannabis companies going public (and the resulting fallout), multibillion-dollar mergers between cannabis companies and corporations from other industries, the ongoing health effects from vaporizers, the mislabeling of CBD products, and how the world’s largest financial, legal, and political institutions are reacting to and planning […]
DeFrancesco takes over “10 Things on Wall Street”
Dan DeFrancesco, a senior finance editor at Insider, is taking over the publication’s daily finance newsletter “10 Things on Wall Street.” DeFrancesco has been at Insider for four years, initially as a senior reporter covering fintech before transitioning into an editor role over the past 2 years with a focus on financial tech. “10 Things […]
Insider seeks a hedge fund reporter
Insider’s finance desk is seeking a full-time reporter to write about the biggest and most important hedge funds in the US. We’re looking for a smart, resourceful, and aggressive reporter who can get scoops, spot industry trends early on, identify the people and themes that are the talk of the $4 trillion hedge fund industry, […]
Insider seeks a business features editor
Insider Inc. is hiring a Business Features Editor to lead a new team focused on memorable, impactful, and entertaining reporting that puts readers inside the world’s biggest and most interesting companies. This is a full-time position based in the United States with flexibility on work location. We have several offices in the U.S., including our headquarters in […]
Domanico promoted to senior ME of people at Business Insider
Michael Domanico has been promoted to senior managing editor of people at Business Insider, where he will oversee hiring for business, life and services, and its fellowship program. He previously was managing editor. He joined the news organization as an assistant managing editor. Previously, Domanico was working freelance at Numlock News and IGN Entertainment respectively. He was […]
Insider’s plan to move reporters outside of paywall hits a snag
Insider’s plan to move some of its reporters to outside its paywall has stalled, writes Mark Stenberg of Adweek. Stenberg reports, “But on Friday, Insider editor in chief Matthew Turner told editorial leaders that the plan had hit a snag. “‘We’ve now been advised that there should be no stories in front of the paywall from [subscription] […]
