Business Insider hiring biz journalists in South Africa

Business Insider South Africa is hiring two business journalists, one in Johannesburg and one in Cape Town. These reporters will provide Business Insider readers with coverage of the South African business sector and investment industry sector. The company is looking for candidates who are financially literate, with a commitment to high standards of journalism and […]

Hernbroth moves to health care startups beat at Business Insider

Megan Hernbroth, senior startups and venture reporter at Business Insider, is now covering health care startups and venture capital. “There’s no time like a pandemic to realize what totally dominates your thoughts/coverage, so excited to give myself more focus in this role,” she wrote on Twitter. Hernbroth has worked as a communications manager at ThirdLove and […]

Business Insider/Insider staff to continue working remotely until Summer 2021

Shaq Lawson, director of operations at Business Insider and Insider, sent out the following: Greetings Everyone & Happy Friday! As you know, we officially launched our “15-5” Reopening Plan about two and a half weeks ago. The 15-5 plan is 15-25 employees in the office, 5 days a week. Although it has been the hottest […]

Santana joins Business Insider as associate retail editor

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Danni Santana has joined Business Insider as the publication’s associate retail editor. Santana was formerly a reporter at Front Office Sports and a travel reporter at Skift. He also spent six months as a crisis response coordinator at Google. Santana graduated from the York College of the City of New York with a B.A. in […]

Business Insider names Hroncich its careers editor

Caroline Hroncich has been named careers editor at Business Insider. She had previously been an associate editor on the careers and strategy team at the news organization. Hroncich joined Business Insider in November 2019. She had been a senior editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Advisor. Hroncich had been with Source Media since July 2018, […]

Henry Blodget’s financial media empire

Michelle Celarier writes for Institutional Investor about former analyst Henry Blodget, who founded Business Insider. Celarier writes, “Now 13 years old, Business Insider — which, like Amazon, had a plethora of doubters along the way — was still in its relative infancy when Bezos came on board. But in 2015, the startup was sold to Axel […]

Business Insider seeks health care reporter in London

Business Insider is looking for an experienced reporter to cover the business of health care, focused on major drugmakers in Europe. It’s a time of big challenges for the industry, creating lots of opportunities for an ambitious reporter to make a mark in this role. The coronavirus pandemic has forced doctors and hospitals to rethink […]

Business Insider hires Canal to cover entrepreneurship

Business Insider has hired Inc. magazine reporter Emily Canal to cover entrepreneurship as a senior reporter. She will start in August. Canal writes mostly about business, entrepreneurs, food, technology, politics and “Shark Tank” for Inc. She also contributed to Inc.’s weekly podcast “Inc. Uncensored.” She has been at Inc. since February 2018. She previously spent four years […]

Unequal pay around gender at Business Insider, Insider

Shana Lebowitz, who covers gender at work at Business Insider, writes about the parent company’s lack of pay equality. Lebowitz writes, “The results were, in a word, disappointing. “Across the company, the median salary for all female employees is $75,000. For all male employees, it’s $85,000. BIPOC employees earn $81,000 to white employees’ $85,000. Female […]

Insider seeks a head of newsletters

Insider is hiring a head of newsletters to build a series of must-read daily and weekly newsletters focused on business, politics, and more. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about building products that serve our readers, and is excited about working across topics spanning everything from advertising to finance, and technology to politics. This […]