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, […]
Business Insider executive editor Harrington among the layoffs
Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington is among the layoffs at the news organization. She has been overseeing the science, speed news, weekend news, LA news, visual features, and voices of color desks. She worked across teams to assign, coordinate, and edit breaking news, explainers, features, analysis, and investigations. She also developed guides, trainings, and coaching opportunities […]
Siu among the layoffs at Business Insider
Diamond Naga Siu, who runs the Business Insider “10 Things in Tech” newsletter at Business Insider, is among the layoffs. She joined Insider in 2021 as a senior tech reporter for App Ecosystem and then served as a senior tech reporter for Big Tech careers. Siu worked as a general assignment reporter, early career employee […]
Business Insider laying off 8% of staff
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following on Thursday morning: Team, At the end of 2023, we announced our way ahead: We’re Business Insider, our center of gravity is business, tech, and innovation, and we’re for people who are optimistic, driven, and always looking forward. We closed out last year with a plan in place, […]
Business Insider hires Stewart to write about business, ecoomy
Business Insider has hired Emily Stewart to write about business and the economy. She previously was a senior correspondent at Vox. At Vox, Stewart focused her coverage of how markets affect people in their everyday lives. Stewart launched and was the author of a monthly newsletter, “The Big Squeeze,” examining the ways ordinary people are being squeezed under […]
