Business Insider hires Jalopnik’s Lee
Kristen Lee of Jalopnik has been hired by Business Insider to cover cars and write auto reviews. Her last day at Jalopnik will be March 31. “You’d be considered very lucky if you ever...
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Seattle Times wins Scripps Howard award for business/financial reporting
The Seattle Times has won the William Brewster Styles award for business and financial reporting in the Scripps Howard Awards. The Times won for its coverage of the Boeing 737 MAX crisis led by...
Bloomberg News, Seattle Times win Polk Awards for business journalism
Bloomberg News and the Seattle Times received George Polk Awards in business journalism categories on Wednesday. The award for financial reporting goes to Noah Buhayer, Caleb Melby and David Kocieniewski of Bloomberg News for groundbreaking stories on how wealthy, well-connected individuals perverted...
Thibodeau leaving Detroit Press for Ford PR
Ian Thibodeau, business reporter and automotive reporter at The Detroit Press, is leaving the company to join Ford PR’s communication team. Previously, Thibodeau was an adjunct instructor at the University of Detroit Mercy. Before...
Detroit News seeks an auto reporter
The Business Desk of the Detroit News is seeking an enterprising reporter to join its award-winning Autos Team – emphasis on team. The ideal candidate would be a self-starting beat reporter hungry for both...
Consumer Reports seeks associate director of auto reviews and enterprise
Consumer Reports—the nation’s premier independent product testing organization—seeks a highly skilled editor and manager of people to help oversee CR’s team of auto journalists, specifically focusing on editing and managing CR’s extensive auto review...
Ryan to cover Airbus at Bloomberg News
Charlotte Ryan will now be covering Airbus and transportation for Bloomberg News. She previously covered the markets and Brexit for Bloomberg. Before joining Bloomberg, Ryan was working as a freelance journalist for NewsBase. Before...
Shine joins Automotive News as senior editor
Automotive News has named Dan Shine as a senior editor. Previously, Shine was director, external communications and WDI content editor at William Davidson Institute. He was also adjunct professor of journalism at the University...
Business Insider hires Jones for transportation team
Business Insider has hired Alanis King Jones to be an associate editor on its transportation team. She has been a staff writer and a weekend editor at Jalopnik for the last four years. She...
How Ford responded to Free Press stories on its defective transmissions
Peter Bhatia, the editor of the Detroit Free Press, writes Sunday about how Ford Motor Co. responded to reporter Phoebe Wall Howard‘s stories about its defective transmissions. Bhatia writes, “Ford also took the extraordinary step...
