Transportation reporter Freishtat departs Chicago Tribune
Sarah Freishtat, who has covered the transportation industry for the past four years for the Chicago Tribune, has left for a new opportunity. She also worked at the Beacon News and the Arlington Heights, two publications that are part of the Tribune Media Group. Freishtat also worked as a reporter for the Anderson Independent Mail […]
Chicago Tribune seeks transportation and aviation reporter
The Chicago Tribune is looking for an agile and versatile reporter to cover transportation and aviation on the Business desk. This reporter will cover all forms of transportation and the companies and agencies that provide it during an unprecedented period of post-COVID change. What you will do: Report on the many ways Chicagoans move around; […]
Pulitzer winner Gates retiring from Seattle Times
Levi Pulkkinen, business team leader at the Seattle Times, sent out the following: Dominic Gates will retire March 14, closing out an exceptional 22-year career at The Seattle Times. His has been an outstanding run, as an aerospace reporter, as a colleague, and as a key member of the business team. Lauren Rosenblatt will take […]
Fortune seeks an autos editor
Fortune is seeking a talented editor to lead our autos and transportation coverage. In this role, you will set the agenda by assigning stories about the people, strategies, and stocks of the biggest Fortune 500 transportation companies, while also reporting and writing. This editor will report to our global head of news and build a […]
Tennessean seeks an auto industry reporter
The Tennessean is seeking an experienced reporter to own national coverage of the fast-changing automotive industry across the South. From turbulence in the electric vehicle sector and uncertainty surrounding looming tariffs to clashes over unionization of EV battery and foreign-owned manufacturing plants, the successful candidate will have a front row seat to one of the […]
Reuters seeks a US automotive editor
Reuters is seeking a U.S. Automotive Editor to lead reporters in producing scoops and deep enterprise coverage during an unprecedented period of global industry upheaval. Reporting to the Global Automotive Editor, this leader would manage a group of U.S.-based reporters, lead breaking news coverage and help conceive and elevate explanatory and investigative stories from journalists worldwide. The role […]
Skift hires Smith as airlines editor
Transportation news site Skift has hired Gordon Smith as its airlines editor. He previously was group editor and editor at large at Commercial Aviation and also worked at Airliner World. Smith has also been a freelancer with his work published in British Airways Club Magazine, Business Traveller, Leeham News, The i newspaper, Inflight, The Mail […]
Business Insider senior autos reporter Naughton departs
Nora Naughton, the senior autos reporter for Business Insider, is leaving for a communications role with the Michigan Sierra Club. “When I started covering European auto sales for a little blog in 2012, I had no idea I would go on to land dream job after dream job,” she wrote on Twitter. “I have had […]
Tagaki tapped to cover transportation at Toronto Star
The Toronto Star has named Andy Tagaki its transportation reporter. He has been a general assignment reporter for the publication. Tagaki previously wrote iPolitics’ flagship newsletter, the Morning Brief, five days a week before joining the Star. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a master’s degree from SOAS University of London.
Levy to cover Tesla, Musk beat for Reuters
Reuters correspondent Rachael Levy is taking on a new beat covering Tesla and its leader Elon Musk. Last year, she was a member of a Reuters team that won the Pulitzer for exploring the business operations of Musk. She joined Reuters in 2022 as a corporate governance correspondent, reporting on boards and the inner workings of companies. Levy […]
