WSJ seeks an airlines reporter
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an enterprising reporter to master one of our premier corporate beats: the aviation industry. The trillion-dollar global airline industry comprises some of our biggest and most important companies. It is a barometer of global economic health and a key part of the professional lives of many Wall Street Journal […]
Coverage: Musk sets aggressive growth targets for Tesla
Billionaire Elon Musk set a series of aggressive growth targets at Tesla Inc.that would make the electric carmaker one of the world’s most valuable companies within the next decade and assured shareholders he’ll stick around by tying his compensation to those goals. Tom Lavell and Dana Hull of Bloomberg News had the story: The unprecedented pay package proposes Musk won’t get […]
New York Times seeks auto reporter
Business Day is looking for an enterprising, dynamic reporter who can establish leadership in covering the rapidly transforming automobile industry in all its dimensions. The beat will be a window onto the Detroit automakers and foreign companies producing vehicles for the American market – as manufacturers, employers, marketers, style makers. It will explore what those companies are […]
Coverage: Fiat Chrsyler CEO warns that the future is electric
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne spoke Monday at the Detroit auto show, and his statements included the belief that automakers have less than a decade to convert to electric vehicles. Tommaso Ebhardt of Bloomberg News had the story: Developing technologies like electrification, self-driving software and ride-sharing will alter consumers’ car-buying decisions within six or seven years, the Fiat […]
Coverage: Toyota/Mazda to build plant in Alabama
Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor announced Wednesday that it will build a plant, which will employ 4,000 workers and crank out up to 300,000 vehicles annually, in Alabama that is scheduled to open in 2021. Phil LeBeau of CNBC had the news: Once that happens, Alabama could become the fourth-biggest state in the U.S. when it […]
Auto reporter/columnist Brown leaving Washington Post
Warren Brown, who has written about the auto industry for The Washington Post since 1982, is ending his Cars column. In his last column, Brown writes, “It is appropriate that I finish this last column for The Washington Post on Christmas Eve. It is an ending and beginning — for me and, looking forward, for the […]
Coverage: VW to make bigger push into electric cars
Volkswagen pledged to speed up its turnaround efforts and accelerate a push into electric cars as cost cuts and an expanding lineup of sport-utility vehicles help boost profits. Christoph Rauwald of Bloomberg News had the story: The namesake VW brand will initially develop five all-electric models, taking on Tesla Inc. with its coming I.D. vehicle range, it said Thursday […]
Essex returning to Free Press to oversee biz coverage
Randy Essex, the former business editor at the Detroit Free Press, is returning to the paper after a stint running a paper in Colorado. Essex has been publisher and editor of the Post Independent in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. His new job will be senior content director at the Free Press, where he will lead business coverage, including […]
How Business Insider is growing its cars vertical using Facebook
Business Insider launched its Cars Insider Facebook page in the summer and it has grown tremendously, reports Sahil Patel of Digiday. Patel reports, “Launched on July 31, the Cars Insider Facebook page, which has 490,000 followers, received 38 million video views in September, according to Tubular Labs. Ashley Lutz, deputy business editor for Business Insider, […]
Consumer Reports seeks writer/editor for auto
A creative content developer conceiving of and executing a range of digital, print, social, interactive, and video content for all Consumer Reports products. With general supervision, the Multimedia Content Creator writes, edits and enhances the work of Auto Test Center team, making sure stories are on-strategy, on-time, accurate, incorporate the contributions of all relevant internal […]
