How EIC Heller aims to distinguish Business Insider’s content
Andrew Murfett, editor at large at LinkedIn, interviewed Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller on the one-year anniversary of her taking the job. Here is an excerpt: When I came here on the first day, I talked about three values that I identified as I prepared to join. One is that we’re one newsroom — Business […]
Senior legal affairs editor Orrechio-Egresitz departing Business Insider
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz, senior legal affairs editor at Business Insider, is leaving the news organization. She has been in that role since March 2024 and with the company since January 2020. “I was pushed out of my comfort zone to cover business and tech in the courts — and I’m stronger for stretching those muscles,” she […]
Business Insider and its ChatGPT writing guidelines
Oliver Darcy of Status writes about Business Insider and its new ChatGPT writing guidelines. Darcy writes, “On Thursday afternoon, Business Insider staffers received a long-awaited memo from editor in chief Jamie Heller, outlining the Axel Springer-owned outlet’s rules for using artificial intelligence. The guidelines had been eagerly anticipated since earlier this summer, when Mathias Döpfner, […]
Business Insider seeks a weekend editor in London
Business Insider is looking for a Weekend Editor who is excited to help drive BI’s audience strategy on Saturdays and Sundays, and help manage our daily Owned and Operated (O&O) operations during the week. As Weekend Editor, you are primarily responsible for closely monitoring, updating, and curating our homepage, push alerts, and social channels on […]
Digging into the fake Business Insider bylines
Scott Nover and Aaron Schaffer investigated the bylines of the Business Insider commentary pieces pulled from the website last week. Nover and Schaffer write, “Attempts to reach these authors led to outright denials and contradictory explanations that raised further questions about their identities. “Unlike most of the names associated with the withdrawn articles, Nwelue has a robust internet presence. […]
How Business Insider’s Thompson helps drive its coverage
Cadie Thompson, deputy news chief and executive editor at Business Insider, spoke with Meredith Klein of “Meredith and the Media” about her job. Here is an excerpt: You’ve covered tech, transportation, and business at Business Insider and risen to Executive Editor. Can you share more about your role and responsibilities as Executive Editor? As the […]
The fake writers behind those pulled Business Insider essays
Josh Fiallo of The Daily Beast looks at the fake authors of the 34 commentary pieces on Business Insider that were pulled. Fiallo writes, “The Beast’s review found several red flags within the since-deleted essays that suggest the writing did not reflect the authors’ lived experiences. This included contradictory information in separate essays by the […]
Business Insider EIC: We’ve removed some first-person essays
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Hello, We recently learned that a freelance contributor misrepresented their identity in two first-person essays written for Business Insider. As soon as this came to light, we took down the essays and began an investigation. As part of this process, we’ve […]
Business Insider reporter Jacobs departs
Business Insider entertainment industry reporter Eammon Jacobs has left the news organization. He was based in Business Insider’s London bureau. He covered movies and TV shows, with a specific focus on genres like horror, science fiction, action, thrillers, comic book adaptations, and true crime. Jacobs previously worked at The Digital Fix and Looper. He is a 2017 […]
Wired, Business Insider remove AI-generated freelance work
Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt reports, “Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process of taking down a magazine article by the same author after concerns were raised by Press […]
