Insider hires Okocha as associate biz editor in London
Insider has hired Winifred Okocha as an associate business editor in London. She will start later this month. Okocha will be working with the growing London business desk, helping reporters continue to produce breaking business news, analysis, and features. Okocha worked as a BBC producer and journalist. She worked for over 3 years at BBC Newsnight, as […]
Insider hires Joyner to cover VC/startups
Insider has hired April Joyner as a reporter to cover venture capital and startups. She will start later this month. Joyner is currently a markets correspondent at Reuters, where she focuses on U.S. stocks. She has written on occasion about the homebuilding and retail industries. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Inc. magazine, and she has […]
How a reporter covers the psychedelics and cannabis industries
Yeji Jesse Lee of Insider talked about how she covers the psychedelics and cannabis industries. Here is an excerpt: What’s your favorite part about your job? I love feeling like I’m part of an industry that is growing alongside me. A year ago, hardly anyone had heard about the potential of psychedelics as treatments for […]
Insider hires Dean as deputy editor of business in UK
Insider has hired James Dean as the deputy editor for business coverage in the United Kingdom. He will be based in London and oversee a number of teams. Dean will start in June. Dean is the chief business correspondent for The Times of London. He previously was the U.S. business editor based in New York […]
Insider seeks tech companies editor
Insider Inc is hiring a tech companies editor to oversee our Big Tech enterprise reporting team. The mission of this role is two-fold: To strengthen our reporting so Insider’s coverage of Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook and Apple — as well as rising gig companies like Uber and Airbnb — is unmatched. To expand the current team […]
Insider increases minimum salary to $60,000
Insider is increasing the minimum salary of its full-time employees to $60,000 and improving other benefits, according to an internal memo distributed Thursday. Full-time employees earning less than that amount will see the increase in their first paycheck in April, according to the email from CEO Henry Blodget and chief people officer Margaret Bowani. Some […]
Insider now has 100K news subscribers, 250K total subscribers
William Turvill of Press Gazette examined the growth of Insider under co-founder and CEO Henry Blodget. Turvill writes, “Insider has more than 100,000 paying subscribers to its news site (it launched its Prime service in 2017). Blodget says that the group overall now has around 250,000 subscribers across its news site and B2B operations. “Insider’s growing subscription […]
Insider names Rose its executive editor for business
Insider co-editor in chief Matt Turner sent out the following announcement on Wednesday: Hello! I’m excited to announce that we’ve hired Josée Rose (pronounced Jo-zay) to be Executive Editor for Business at Insider. Josée will report to me, and work across the Finance/Markets/Healthcare/Strategy newsroom. She will also join the Editorial Leadership team. She starts March 8. She joins […]
Insider hires Greenburg as a features writer
Insider has hired Zack O’Malley Greenburg as a features writer. Greenburg has been senior editor of media and entertainment at Forbes, where he has worked for the past 10 years. He is the author of four books, including the Jay-Z biography “Empire State of Mind.” His latest, “A-List Angels: How a Band of Actors, Artists […]
Business Insider’s Slotnick to join The Points Guy as senior aviation reporter
Business Insider reporter David Slotnick has been hired by The Points Guy as senior aviation reporter. He was the senior airline reporter at Business Insider, covering the aviation business in depth throughout the COVID-19 crisis, as well as aviation startups and logistics, passenger experience and breaking news. Before covering aviation full-time, Slotnick launched Business Insider’s […]
