Business Insider hires Connor as standards editor
Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: Hello! I’m thrilled to share that Tracy Connor has joined Business Insider as Standards Editor. In this critical role, Tracy will work with our journalists on questions during the reporting process, final-read sensitive pieces, help train people on standards, work with our legal team, […]
Business Insider reporter Haasch departs for new opportunity
Business Insider entertainment reporter Palmer Haasch has left the news organization for a new opportunity. She has been at the news site for five years and has been covering television and film. Previously, she was working freelance. Before that, she as with Thrillist working as an entertainment writer. Haasch has also worked as an editorial intern at Polygon and […]
Weiss rejoins media desk at Business Insider
Business Insider senior reporter Geoff Weiss is rejoining the media desk. He will focus on companies such as YouTube and Netflix. Weiss has been covering the creator economy. Prior to joining Insider, Weiss served as the senior editor of Tubefilter, one of the first websites to exclusively cover the digital media industry. At Tubefilter, he helped shape […]
The Verge, Rest of World, Business Insider named magazine award finalists
The following business publications have been named finalists in The American Society of Magazine Editors’ 60th annual National Magazine Awards: The Verge in the general excellence, news, sports and entertainment category; Rest of World in the design category for “The Changing Face of Protest,” “2024 AI Elections Tracker” and “Digital Divinity”; Business Insider in the […]
Business Insider joins AI lawsuit against Cohere
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Team, This morning, Business Insider — together with other publications in the News/Media Alliance — filed a lawsuit against Cohere, an AI company that has been taking and using our journalism without permission. I have long shared that AI is both […]
Business Insider senior autos reporter Naughton departs
Nora Naughton, the senior autos reporter for Business Insider, is leaving for a communications role with the Michigan Sierra Club. “When I started covering European auto sales for a little blog in 2012, I had no idea I would go on to land dream job after dream job,” she wrote on Twitter. “I have had […]
Business Insider hires Hornstein to cover VCs, startups
Business Insider has hired Julia Hornstein to cover venture capital firms and startups. Hornstein previously was an intern at The Information. She also interned and freelanced at the Jackson Hole News & Guide in Wyoming. Hornstein holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University.
Business Insider CEO Peng describes its strategy
Status newsletter operator Oliver Darcy spoke with Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng about its strategy. Here is an excerpt: What is your vision for Business Insider over the next five years? Is it still trying to be a fun site for younger audiences, or is it trying to cater to an older, more mature crowd? […]
Business Insider’s Lopez joins hedge fund
Business Insider senior finance correspondent Linette Lopez has been hired as director of strategy and communications at ValueWorks, a hedge fund. “After 13 years covering Wall Street, I’m excited to play the game from a different position,” she wrote on LinkedIn. Lopez joined Business Insider in June 2011 as finance editor. She previously was a staff person in […]
WSJ hires Business Insider’s Long
The Wall Street Journal has hired Business Insider’s Katherine Long. She will start later this month. Long is a correspondent on Business Insider’s fast investigations team. She previously covered Amazon, with a focus on the company’s extensive warehousing and logistics operations, at Business Insider and The Seattle Times. She is a graduate of Brown University and […]
