NY Times hires Business Insider’s Schwartz
Business Insider staffer Mattathias Schwartz will be joining The New York Times as legal correspondent, covering the federal judiciary. Schwartz has been a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, where he has written more than a dozen feature stories since 2006, including sit-down profiles of John Brennan, Mike Pompeo and Bill Barr. At Business Insider, he […]
Bort departs Business Insider for new opportunity
Julie Bort, an editor at large for Business Insider’s technology team, has left for a new opportunity. She had been at the news organization for 12 years and had previously been chief technology correspondent and a senior editor for its venture capital and startups coverage. Bort previously worked at Network World for 13 years. She […]
Bloomberg hires Ghosh as editor on tech team
Bloomberg News has hired Shona Ghosh to be a senior editor in London on its Europe, Middle East and Africa tech team. She previously was deputy executive editor at Business Insider’s UK bureau. In 2019, she was awarded Tech Journalist of the Year at the UK Tech Awards. She was previously technology editor at UK advertising trade […]
Naftulin becomes editor on Business Insider’s special projects team
Julia Naftulin is becoming an editor on Business Insider’s special projects team. Previously, she held a five-year tenure as Business Insider’s sex and relationships reporter, covering topics like sexuality, psychology, and the intersection of relationships and entertainment. She was also its resident relationship advice columnist, penning the bi-weekly column “Doing It Right.” Naftulin launched and […]
Business Insider restaurants reporter Luna has left
Nancy Luna, the restaurants reporter at Business Insider, was among those laid off by the news organization. Luna has been with the retail team at Business Insider since 2020. She previously worked for more than two years as a senior editor and tech editor for Nation’s Restaurant News, the industry’s leading and independent trade publication. […]
Business Insider units consolidating under Turner
Bron Maher of Press Gazette writes about the impact of the Business Insider layoffs within the news organization. Maher writes, “A memo distributed following editor-in-chief Nicholas Carlson’s address to the newsroom late on Thursday said the unified news, business and life team will be led by former business division head Matt Turner, who has been promoted to […]
Business Insider real estate editor among the layoffs
Zoe Rosenberg, real estate editor at Business Insider, is among the layoffs at the publication. From 2018 to 2022 she reported on luxury real estate, interior design, development, public policy, and travel with bylines in The Guardian, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Times, among other publications. Before that she covered all things New York, […]
State from Business Insider union on layoffs
We are appalled and angry that Business Insider has chosen, like too many other newsrooms recently, to lay off 22 of our talented members as well as many of our non-union colleagues. Last summer, as we faced a similar round of layoffs, our members fought for and won language in our contract to protect us […]
Business Insider health editor Rosenbaum is leaving
Leah Rosenbaum, the health editor at Business Insider, is leaving the news organization as part of its layoffs. She has been editing about infectious diseases, parenting, chronic illnesses, and other medical topics. She joined Business Insider in 2021 after spending two years at Forbes reporting on the business of health care and the coronavirus pandemic. Before […]
Deputy editor Tracer leaving Business Insider
Zach Tracer, who became deputy editor of Business Insider’s investigations team earlier this month, is among the layoffs. He previously was deputy editor for health care coverage. He joined Business Insider in 2018. Previously, he was a health care reporter at Bloomberg News. Tracer has written about how drug prices are set, the insurers who are profiting off Obamacare, […]
