Loeb winner Wallace dies at 72
Ed Wallace, who regaled radio listeners, TV viewers and newspaper readers with stories the auto industry, died Sunday at his Fort Worth home. He was 72. Elizabeth Campbell of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes, “‘Ed was the most intelligent man I ever knew,’ said his wife, Judi Smith. ‘There was a challenge of lifting me up […]
Baime’s “My Ride” column ends at WSJ
A.J. Baime, the author of the “My Ride” column at The Wall Street Journal, writes about the end of his work for the publication. Baime writes, “Nearly every week going back to August 2013, The Wall Street Journal has published a My Ride column, highlighting a story about an owner of a surprising vehicle. The […]
WSJ bureau chief Butters departs
Wall Street Journal Detroit bureau chief Jamie Butters has left the news organization. He oversaw automotive and manufacturing coverage. He had joined Aug. 1 after being executive editor of Automotive News, a Crain publication. He joined the organization as its chief content officer in 2018. Butters has covered the auto industry in Detroit for more than two decades: […]
WSJ seeks a Detroit bureau chief
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced journalist to run automotive and manufacturing coverage from Detroit. America’s Rust Belt is at the red-hot center of a global trade war that threatens to upend decades of globalization. President Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs meant to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Yet the road […]
Bloomberg taps Al-Rashdan as its Airbus reporter
Benedikt Kammel, managing editor for global space, aviation and defense coverage at Bloomberg News, sent out the following: Hi all I’m thrilled to announce that Leen Al-Rashdan will be our new Airbus reporter, relocating from Dubai to London early next year to take up coverage of one of our most important companies. Leen will also […]
Bloomberg’s Torsoli named senior reporter for EMEA transportation, industrials
Albertina Torsoli has been named senior reporter for Bloomberg covering the automotive, aviation and industrial sectors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She is based in Paris. Torsoli has been with Bloomberg since 2000 and has covered markets, banks and health care. She also was Geneva bureau chief. She is a graduate of LUISS […]
Sacramento Bee seeks a transportation reporter
The Sacramento Bee is seeking an ambitious reporter who will focus on covering daily and breaking news on our busy transportation beat, as well as report and write other general assignment stories that resonate with our subscribers in the Sacramento region. This role demands a go-anywhere, do-anything journalist with a sense of urgency, an eye […]
Bloomberg taps Taylor to cover major airlines
Bloomberg News has tapped Sri Taylor as its national airlines reporter, covering United, Southwest, Delta, American and other carriers. She will start her new beat on Nov. 24. Taylor has been covering municipal bond issuance of public transportation. She previously covered high-yield muni debt, state and local finances, infrastructure projects and more in the New England region. […]
Reporter Walker departs Automotive News
Julie Walker, a reporter at Automotive News, has left the Crain’s publication. She had been covering automotive dealers. “I am looking for a new spot where I hope to use my storytelling and information-hunting skills to keep shedding light on the ever-fascinating world of auto retail,” she said. Walker previously spent eight years at the […]
Reporter Schaffner departs Automotive News
Automotive News reporter Carly Schaffner has left the publication after nearly four years. She had been covering the Southern California-based auto brands and burgeoning EV startups. Before that, she was an assigning editor at Forbes Wheels, an automotive vertical focused on providing product news and industry trends. Before that, she served as managing editor at Trucks.com, a […]
