WSJ hires Toonkel as deputy media editor
The Wall Street Journal has hired Jessica Toonkel as its deputy media editor. She will start Aug. 1. Toonkel has been at The Information for the past four years as a media and telecom reporter in New York. She previously spent seven years at Reuters, where she was the U.S. media correspondent from 2016 to 2018, breaking stories […]
Olson departing The Information for NYU program
The Information reporter Mathew Olson is leaving the technology news site to join New York University’s interactive telecommunications program this fall. His last day will be July 1. He joined The Information in 2021 and launched its newsletter on augmented and virtual reality. His journalism career began with a freelancing gig at Wirecutter, followed by a role […]
Peers, New York bureau chief of The Information, is leaving
Martin Peers, the New York bureau chief of tech news site The Information, is leaving for a new opportunity. His last day is July 1. Peers was previously managing editor of The Information. Before joining The Information in October 2014, Peers was media and marketing bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal, overseeing the paper’s coverage of the media and entertainment […]
The Information seeks a China tech reporter
The Information is looking for an ambitious reporter to join our team covering China’s vibrant and tumultuous startup and venture capital scene, which is second only to the U.S. in terms of size, scope and ambition. This person would be joining a reporting group that has broken some of the biggest tech stories, including discussions to sell TikTok and later […]
The Information seeks an Alphabet/Google reporter
The Information was founded in late 2013 with a simple idea: write deeply reported articles about the technology industry that you won’t find elsewhere. Since then, we’ve become a disruptor in business news that’s moved markets, gotten the early scoop on billions of dollars of acquisitions, and told you what’s happening inside companies like Apple, […]
Antitrust reporter Sisco departs The Information
Josh Sisco, an antitrust reporter for The Information, has left the news organization for a new opportunity. He had been with The Information since February 2021. Sisco was previously a senior correspondent at The Capitol Forum, leading non-merger antitrust coverage, focusing on government investigations and policy. He joined The Capitol Forum after five years at MLex, most recently […]
The Information hires Woo to cover VC and startups
Tech news site The Information has hired Erin Woo as a reporter to cover startups and venture capital. She will start in June. Woo has been a technology reporting fellow at The New York Times for the past year. She previously interned at The Mercury News in San Jose and WNYC Radio in New York. […]
WSJ hires Jin to cover VC and startups
The Wall Street Journal has hired The Information reporter Berber Jin to cover startups and venture capital. He will start June 13. He has been with The Information since March 2021 covering the intersection of finance and technology. He had previously been at Business Insider since October 2020 as a startups/venture capital fellow. Jin also previously […]
The Information seeks a visual journalist
We founded The Information in late 2013 with a simple idea: write deeply reported articles about the technology industry that you won’t find elsewhere. Since then, we’ve moved markets, gotten the early scoop on billions of dollars of acquisitions, and told you what’s happening deep inside companies like Apple, Facebook and Google. We are a subscription-only […]
The Information hires Peterson to cover tech, finance and crypto
Tech news site The Information has hired Business Insider’s Becky Peterson to cover technology, finance and cryptocurrencies. She has been on the investigations team at Business Insider. She previously was also an enterprise tech reporter and a tech deals reporter. Peterson has been at Business Insider since June 2017 and is based in the San Francisco bureau. She previously worked […]
